Steps were taken for the organization of Allentown’s fourth Jewish congregation when a group of local citizens elected officers for the Temple Beth-El, as the new synagogue will be known.
The officers chosen are Louis Hertz, president; I. Dobonoff, vice-president; J. Friedman, secretary, and M. Shulman, treasurer. Rabbi Louis N. Levitsky, of Wilkes Barre, was present at the meeting and delivered an address.
With the formation of the new congregation, Allentown now has four synagogues, two Orthodox, one Reform and one Conservative, which is the new congregation.
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