Temple B’nai B’rith, oldest Jewish congregation in the city, on Friday will celebrate its eighty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of its first house of worship with a special Fellowship Service, it was announced yesterday by Rabbi Samuel Wolk. Rabbis and clergymen of temples and churches throughout the city will participate in the service.
The celebration will be continued on Sunday with a Congregational Dinner at which Rabbi Solomon B. Freehof of Rodef Shalom Temple, Pittsburgh, will be the chief speaker.
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