Rosh Hashanah, ushering in the year 5088, will begin at sunset Monday, September 26. The holiday will be celebrated on Tuesday, September 27, and by Orthodox Jews, on Wednesday. September 28 as well.
On Thursday, October 6th Yom Kippur. the Day of Atonement, will be observed. It begins at sunset. Wednesday night. October 5th. The festival of Succoth or Feast of Tabernacles will be celebrated this year from Monday night, October 10th at sundown, to Tuesday night, October 18th, at the same time. Orthodox Jews will observe the festival, Simchas Toral on October 19th.
On the eve of the High Holidays dedication exercises for the synagogues and center buildings during the past year are being held throughout the country.
The Kehilah Kenosha of Janina Greece a Greek Jewish congregation. opened its synagogue, said to be the first Greek synagogue in the country, with dedicatory exercises Sunday night. Dr. David de Sola Mendes was the principal speaker. The synagogue of the congregation which numbers 500 members, is at 280 Broome Street. New York City.
The congregation was organized five years ago and up to the present has worshipped in rented quarters at 98 Forsythe Street Joseph Josephs is President of the congregation.
The new Sinai Temple. religious school and auditorium in Mount Vernon was dedicated Sunday afternoon. Rabbi Joseph I. Gorfinkle presided at the exercises.
Comerstone laying exercises were held for the new temple of the Ansche Chesed congregation at West End Avenue and 100th Street. New York, yesterday afternoon. The temple which with the adjoining five-story educational and social centre will cost $1,200,000 is nearly completed and the congregation will hold High Holiday services in it. The dedication will take place several months later.
About 1,000 persons attended the ceremonies.
Dr. Mordechai M. Kaplan brought the meetings of the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Society for the Advancement of Judaism.
In welcoming the congregation of the
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