A novel gift from a non-Jew is announced by a local synagogue.
Officers and members of Congregation Beth Jacob this week expressed their thanks to Judge Henry S. Sweeney of the Recorders Court for a donation to purchase 100 Sidurim—prayer books—printed in Hebrew an# in English.
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