With recent rapid growth of the Jewish population in the city of McKeesport, making additional quarters necessary for religious work, Kesher Israel Congregation of that city is planning for a new $40,000 building. Plans were presented for the new structure at a meeting held this week. The congregation was organized 25 years ago, and Rabbi J. Weinberg has been the spiritual head ever since.
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