The two-day observance of the 125th anniversary of Bene Israel Congregation was held here this week-end. Dr. Leo Baeck, president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, declared in a sermon that “virtually the entire history of American Jewry is reflected in the history of this congregation.”
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