Old Shul Board Photo

Shul Board and Officers, circa ?

Shul Board and Officers, circa ?

Occasionally, while rummaging through files at the shul, I come across an item of general interest— in this case a water-damaged photo of what appears to be the Board of Directors and Officers of the shul.  I believe that the officers are sitting in the front and board members in the back.  But since all of these men are before my time, I don’t know their names.  This information is important for our archives, so I am asking for your help.  I also would like your opinion on the possible year (plus or minus) that this may have been taken.  If you know the names of these folks, please respond below where it indicates to Leave a Comment.  Please don’t send your comments by email.

I have a clue that may be helpful.  In very faded handwriting at the bottom of the original photo are the names of the men.  They are barely visible.  But I scanned it, and manipulated the contrast and density the best I could in order to make them even somewhat readable.  Some of the names appear to be Herbert Isaacs, Miller, Ziontz, Moskovitz, George Raskin, and Edward Klee.  You can CLICK on either of these to get the enlarged versions, which also may be helpful.

Happy sleuthing!

Names of Board members

Names of Board members

 

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From Israel to Carnegie to Washington

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Al Brunwasser sent me an interesting story to share with the congregation.  It appeared in the bulletin of Adas Israel congregation in Washington DC.  The story is about Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen.  Please see the article at the right.  Who knew that the guy who started Giant groceries was from Carnegie?  Coincidently, Al tells me that his great uncle Joe Cohen had a fruit market just up the street in Glendale way back in the day.

 

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Izzy

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Pesach. This is a great time of the year. Spring weather making its first appearances. Family gatherings. Kids and grandkids. Digging the golf clubs out of the garage.

But part of our tradition is to always balance our simchas with reminders that not everyone is sharing a joyous Springtime. As most of you know, Izzy Horowitz had a heart attack and is recuperating at the Jewish Home in Homestead (Charles Morris Rehab). Izzy has been a valued member of our congregation for over 40 years. Each Shabbos morning he would set out Kiddush for us. He took special delight in making sure we had the various cakes, bagels, and cheeses necessary for a delightful lunch. Now he’s at Charles Morris and we are missing him every Shabbos.

The doctors say that he is not eating as well as he should be. Perhaps if we take the time to pay him a visit, as Joey did just before Peaach, he will find renewed spirit and interest in returning to his apartment in Carnegie. And this might spur him to a stronger appetite and regaining his strength. It would be a big mitzvah.

I hope all of you continue to be blessed during this Pesach season. Be reminded that we will have morning services for the last two days of Pesach, this Friday and Saturday, with Yizkor service on Saturday. As weekday holiday services are difficult for some, we would especially appreciate it if you are available to help make minyan on Friday morning.

Be well,
Rick

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Rabbi Brotsky to visit Carnegie

Rabbi Brotsky

Rabbi Harvey Brotsky

Just a quick note to everyone that Rabbi Harvey Brotsky will be visiting the Carnegie Shul this coming Shabbos, January 28, for morning services.  In 2009, Rabbi Brotsky retired from New Light Congregation after 25 years of service.  He and his wife continue to live in Squirrel Hill but have taken time to travel.  This weekend he will be traveling all the way to Carnegie to spend a Shabbos morning with us!

I am fairly certain we will be able to impose upon the rabbi to daven part of the service.  As a reminder, preliminary services start at 9:20 and Shachris starts at 9:40.  I hope that many of you will be able to join us and welcome Rabbi Brotsky to Carnegie.  Following services, we will have our usual Kiddush— bagels, cheese, and fish.  This week’s Kiddush is sponsored by Burt Dodick.

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Shul blog hacked!

The term “hacking” may be new to you unless you’re a computer geek.  Hacking is the name to given to breaking into someone’s website by using malicious software.  The hacker may just be trying to show how skilled he is at breaking through someone’s passwords or firewalls.  But sometimes he means to do real harm to the website owner.  We can’t be sure what motivated the hacker who trashed the shul website, this blog, on December 26.  It is a lesson for all of us that computers are not completely fool proof and whenever you put something “out there” in cyberspace, it is vulnerable to attack.

My first hint that something was wrong actually came on December 26 when I started to get junk mail from our blog.  Since I have software on the blog that filters filters out junk, I knew that something had stopped working.  But it didn’t seem serious.  I had family matters to attend to last week and decided I would look at it on the weekend.  However, on Shabbos morning at shul, Joel informed me that the shul blog was “down”.  This elevated my concern, and I began an investigation right after we finished Kiddush.  Little did I know that I would be spending the rest of the day, New Year’s Eve, performing website maintenance. Continue reading

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