Congregation Habonim dedicated its new $500,000 split-level synagogue yesterday in a special service attended by 250 persons. Speakers included Abe Stark, president of the City Council, Gustav Jacoby, president of the congregation, and Rabbi Hugo Hahn, spiritual leader. The congregation was founded in November, 1939, by German Jews, who escaped Nazi persecution.
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