The New York Board of Jewish Ministers will celebrate the diamond jubilee of the ministry of Dr. Henry Periera Mendes, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, Wednesday afternoon at the synagogue house of Shearith Israel, 100 Central Park West.
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