With simple ceremonies in the presence of leaders of the local Jewish community, ground was broken here for San Francisco’s new Jewish Community Center.
Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel, secretary of the center committee, was master of ceremonies, directing removal of the first steam shovelful of earth. Others participating were Rabbi Elliot Burstein, Sidney M. Ehrman, chairman of the center committee; Maurice L. Rapheld, Leon Sloss, Miss Betty Nusbaum, E. I. Sugarman, and Miss Emma J. Loewy.
“Our desire,” said Dinkelspiel in explaining why ground breaking took place in advance of the scheduled time, “was to speed up construction so that men could be given work at once.”
The center will represent an investment of $650,000 which was subscribed by the local community several years ago. It will house more than a score of local Jewish organizations representing every element of Jewry and will provide recreational, educational, social and athletic facilities.
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