Dedication ceremonies of the new Park Synagogue were held here today with Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, Dr. Louis Finkelstein and Rabbi Armond E. Cohen, spiritual leader of the synagogue, participating. The temple, constructed on a 30-acre site at a cost of $1,5000,000, has a seating capacity of 3,000. Eric Mendelsohn, who laid out the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, was the architect.
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