Sketch of Congregation Beth Israel, Philadelphia, 1851

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This letter from L. Moscacher[?] to Isaac Leeser describes the Hebrew Congregation Beth Israel of Philadelphia. It details the congregation's founding five years prior, its growth to fifty members, its quarterly business meetings, its officers (Mayer Stern, Isac Hartman, Abr. Hallamler[?], Hirsh Wallach, and Alex Rothschild), and its use of a rented hall for worship, with M. L. Strauss serving as cantor and shochet. The letter also mentions a Hebrew and English school with twenty-five students under Moscacher's care.

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