- [Ark and Bimah at Beth-El Congregation Temple]
- Photograph of the altar or "bimah" in Beth-El Congregation's main worship area between 1920 and 2000. Most of the features were added in 1948 when the temple was remodeled following a fire. These include the wall behind the alter made of reddish Colorado travertine, the ark (which contained the Torahs) framed with gray-veined cremo-Italian marble, as well as the gate and the menorahs flanking the ark which are an Art Deco design. The peach carpet, chairs, and dove lights were added when the interior was remodeled in 1981. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188538/
- [Beth-El Congregation Building Committee]
- Photograph of Beth-El's Building Committee. Four of the committee members are seated around a wooden table, the other four members are standing behind them. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph say "Briarhaven Planning Committee" "from Len S. Construction book" and list the persons in the photo from left to right. Front row: Lynny Sankary, [Committee Chairman] Irwin Krauss, Judith Cohen, Billy Rosenthal Back row: Ken Baum, Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger, Dr. Ira Hollander, Shelden Anisman. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188543/
- [Beth-El Congregation Building Committee Discussing Plans]
- Photograph of Beth-El's Building Committee. The committee members are standing around a wooden table looking at the building plans. Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph say "Briarhaven Planning Committee" "from Len S. Construction book" and list the persons in the photo from left to right. Clockwise from left: David Stanford (architect), [Committee Chairman] Irwin Krauss, Ken Baum, Lynny Sakary, Sheldon Anisman, Jane Manning & Bob Wagnon (designers) Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger, Judith Cohen. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188544/
- [Beth-El Congregation's First Synagogue]
- Photograph of Temple Beth-El, the first house of worship for Beth-El, Fort Worth's Reform Jewish congregation. It was a two-story, neo-classical synagogue constructed of wood and stucco. Above the columned entrance was a wooden Star of David, beneath which were the Hebrew words "Y'he Or," meaning "Let There Be Light." Handwritten notes on the back of the photograph say, "Beth-El Congregation's 1st synagogue; built 1908 @ 5th & Taylor Streets. Photo from The Jewish Monitor, 1915. Greek Revival Style, The Hebrew Lettering says: 'Let there be light.'" texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188532/
- [Beth-El Congregation's Second Synagogue]
- Photograph of the entrance to the temple of Fort Worth's Reform Jewish congregation from 1920-2000. The building was two-stories and made of red brick and limestone. The temple's facade has a frieze above the entry with a quote from Psalms: "Give Ear, O Lord, Unto My Prayer" as well as two menorahs above the entrance. There are many stained-glass windows on the front and side of the building, protected by storm windows. This image shows the front of the building shortly before the congregation moved to their third location. Many of the decorative features, particularly the frieze and limestone arches, are stained with black marks from 80 years of air pollution. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188535/
- [Beth-El Congregation's Second Synagogue]
- Photograph of the front entrance of the second house of worship for Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth's Reform Jewish congregation. The building was two-stories and made of red brick. The temple's facade has a frieze above the entry with a quote from Psalms: "Give Ear, O Lord, Unto My Prayer" as well as two menorahs above the entrance. There are many stained-glass windows on the front and side of the building, protected by storm windows. At the far right of the photograph, Broadway Baptist Church is visible behind the synagogue. There is also a car in the bottom right corner, and a lamppost with the street names "Galveston" and "W. Broadway" in the foreground. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188534/
- [Beth-El Congregation's Second Synagogue]
- Photograph of the second synagogue of the Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth's Reform Jewish congregation. The building was two-stories and made of red brick. The temple's facade has a frieze above the entry with a quote from Psalms: "Give Ear, O Lord, Unto My Prayer" as well as two menorahs above the entrance. There are also stained-glass windows around the entrance and along the length of the building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says, "Exterior 2nd Temple. 207 W. Broadway." texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188533/
- [Bishop Cassata and Rabbi Robert Schur]
- Bishop John J. Cassata, first Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, and Rabbi Robert Schur together at the Beth-El Congregation around the 1970's. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38747/
- [Cake celebrating Beth-El Congregation's 50th anniversary]
- Photograph of the cake celebrating Beth-El Congregation's fiftieth anniversary, from 1902 to 1952. The cake is shaped like a book which was a popular cake design in the 1950s. The left side of the cake reads "Fiftieth Anniversary" and the right reads "Beth-El Congregation 1902 - 1952." texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38762/
- [Carb family portrait]
- Portrait of the Carb family, a founding family of the Beth-El Congregation. Isadore Carb, (clockwise, left,) Meredith, David, and Gladys. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38754/
- [Chapel]
- Color photograph of the Beth-El Congregation's new building at 4900 Briarhaven Road in Fort Worth. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38780/
- [Confirmation Class of 1905]
- First confirmation class of the Beth-El Congregation in 1905. Front Row: Jennie Levenson (Rosenthal), Erma Carb (Nathan), Gladys Carb (Guggenheim), Bessie Brown (Carb), Marguerite Weltman Back Row: Nathan Schulitz, Rabbi Joseph Jasin, Rose Laskin, Byron Gernsbacher, Roy Gernsbacher texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38736/
- [Confirmation Class of 1909]
- Confirmation class of 1909, Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth. Front Row: Sara Gernsbacher, Hazel Brann, Dora Eckert (Herman), Lena Solomon (Gernsbacher) Back Row: Rufus Goldstucker, (first name?) Blumberg, Rabbi George Zepin, (first name?) Lasker, Sol Gordon. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38734/
- [Confirmation Class of 1933]
- Conformation class of 1933 standing at the altar of the Beth-El Synagogue. Sylvia Levine, Jerome Holland, Lila Letwin (Tuchin), Bill Carb, Dorothy Davis, Ivan Miller, Bernice Gressman (Meyerson), Rabbi Harry Merfeld, Minette Rosenthal (Urbach), Edward Martin, Jayne Davidson (Slatkin), Bill Gilbert, Jane Gernsbacher (Meyerson), David Samson, Helen Klar (Gordon). texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38732/
- [Confirmation Class of 1946]
- Confirmation class of 1946 standing in the sanctuary of Beth-El Congregation, 207 W. Broadway, Fort Worth. Left to right: Lee Laves, Audrey Groginski, Selma Tiras, Gilbert Friedson, Miriam "Mimi" Bronstein (Klotz), Barbara Faye Cohn, Charlene Rosenthal, Samuel Gilbert, Rabbi Samuel D. Soskin, Beth-El President Raymond Cohen, Danny Glazer, Harriett Friedson, Dorothy Adler, Margot Myers (Feld), Bernard Rosenstein, Diane Soskin, Barbara Rubenstein, Jerald Blum. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38730/
- Confirmation Class of 1963
- Cameo portraits of the confirmation class of 1963, Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth. Top corners: Cheryl Bernstein, Renee Schwartz Row 1: Marcia Rosenthal, Carol Cohn, Robert Archenhold, Miriam Winsanker, Ed Nussbaum, Nina Propper, Kim Herman, Linda Wisch Row 2: Susan Cohen, Adele Echt, Richard Slatkin, Frances Ginsburg, David Mater, Camille Joseph, Gary Steinberger, Susan Ellman Row 3: Carol Goldman, Arlene Schwartz, Rickie Bodner, Ronnie Sherman, Max Levy, Mary A. Glicksman, Mike Stuart, Joan Labovitz Not shown: Henry Jorman, Jerry Meyerson texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38728/
- [Confirmation Class of 1963]
- Confirmation Class of 1953 standing together at Beth-El Congregation, 207 W. Broadway, Ft. Worth. Left to right: William Paul Siegel, Jeannette Rashti, R. Gordon Appleman, Linda Prinz, Marvin Breslau, Peachie Hillman (Rudberg), Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum, Sue Goldstein, Morton H. Meyerson, Rosalyn Levy (Rubin), Don Herman, Arthur Miron. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38729/
- Confirmation Class of 1975
- Confirmation class of 1975 standing in a sanctuary at Beth-El Congregation, 207 W. Broadway, Ft. Worth. Debra Reitman, Julie Evans, Polly Boardman, Gayle Margolis, Cathy Sanford, Tami Hoffman, Shari Freed (Stein), Debby Kleiman, Rabbi Robert J. Schur, Aaron Siegel, Douglas Samson, Daniel Blumberg, Eric Rappaport, Michael Altman, Lee Denbina, Russell Feld. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38727/
- [Confirmation Class of 1979]
- Individual cameo portraits of the confirmation class of 1979. Split into two pages taken from a synagogue bulletin. Left Page, Top Row: Robert Stein, Leslie Rosen, Craig Berlin Left Page, Bottom Row: Gary Margolis, Robin Stien, Daniel Rousch Right Page, Top Row: Rick Klotz, Evan Pritchard, Tracey Dubosar Right Page, Bottom Row: Lisa Mack, Tobi Taub, Leslie Freed texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38726/
- Confirmation Class of 1984
- Confirmation class of 1984 standing in the sanctuary at Beth-El Congregation, 207 W. Broadway, Fort Worth. Front Row: Education Director Ellen Mack, Tara Engle, Debra Rubin, Scott Sankary, Brad Greenman, Steven Black Second Row: Kellie Bowsher, Bradley Lamensdorf, Alissa Baum, Teri Kottler, Michael Margolis, Jeffrey Simon Back Row: Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger, Aimee Yentis(Garner), Amy Adelson, Brian Bihari, Curtis Sheldon, Michael Appleman, Rabbi Robert J. Schur. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38725/
- [Confirmation Class of 1989]
- Confirmation class of 1989 standing in a synagogue at Beth-El Congregation, Ft. Worth. . Front Row: Education Director Ellen Mack, Shelly Stein (Gannot), Tyler Cohen, Sara Beth Oderberg (Thompson), Jacqueline Miller, Jessica Ross; Back Row: Brian Roper, Andy Bzostek, Hamilton Schwartz, Mark Weiner, Philip Bronstein. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38724/
- [Confirmation Class of 1990]
- Color photograph of the confirmation class of 1990. Pictured from left to right, front row: education director Ellen Mack, Deborah Ferstenfeld, Chava Rousch, Andre LaMere, Carinne Wiener, Caryn Taurog, Josh Granek, Melissa Minker; second row: Elisa Berman, Dawn Weiner, Gabriella Gluck, Rebecca Schwartz, Jackie Lederman, Mark Goldman, Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger; back row: Seth Friedman, Michael Berenzweig, Ross Cravens, Jeremy Goldman, Michael Gilbert, Greg Bogomol. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38721/
- Confirmation Class of 1997
- Confirmation class of 1997 standing in a synagogue at Beth-El Congregation, Ft. Worth. Front Row: Grant Rubinson, Ashli Rosenthal, Amanda Hollander, Michael Ferstenfeld, Education Director Claudia Rivera Back Row: Cantor Karen Webber Gilat, Russell Oshman, Alan Mecklenburger, Ethan Pew, Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38720/
- [Confirmation Class of 2006]
- Confirmation class of 2006 standing at Beth-El Congregation, 4900 Briarhaven Rd., Ft. Worth. Front Row: Ilana Krust, Marissa Berenson, Erin Hahn, Ace Factor Back Row: Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger, David Williams, Laura Finucane, Eli Holley texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38719/
- [Congregation Ahavath Sholom]
- Exterior photograph of Congregation Ahavath Sholom at 819 Taylor Street in Fort Worth which was razed in 1951. The brick building was built in 1906. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38766/
- [Congregation Ahavath Sholom and its Hebrew Institute]
- Exterior photograph of the Congregation Ahavath Sholom and the Hebrew Institute on Taylor Street in Fort Worth. The closer building is the Congregation Ahavath Sholom which was razed in 1951. From 1910 until 1951 the Hebrew Institute building served as a place for Hebrew School classes and meetings, it also functioned as a gym. There are two "For Lease" signs on the front of the building. Adhered to the front of the photograph is a typed piece of paper which says "By 1950, downtown skyscrapers dwarfed Ahavath Sholom Synagogue and the Hebrew Institute at 819 Taylor Street." texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38764/
- [Consecration Class of 1951]
- Consecration Class of 1951 at the Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth. Standing on the far left is Rabbi Milton Rosenbaum holding the Torah. Standing in the back is First-grade teacher Amelia Rosenstein. The consecration ushers children into their religious school studies. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38742/
- [Consecration Class of 1965]
- Consecration Class of 1965, Beth-El Congregation, Ft. Worth. In the back row, Lil Goldman holds a lulav, a bouquet of season greens. Robert Schur holds the Torahs. First row: Rusty Feld, Gayle Margolis (Sondecker), Polly Boardman, Michael Altman, Cathy Sanford, Lee Denbina, Daniel Blumberg, Tami Hoffman (Jara). Second row: Bob Davis, Douglas Samson, Aaron Siegel, Julie Evans (Johnson), Daniel Krakower, Patricia Livne, Sharie Freed (Stein), Pamela Cody ( Baer), Debby Kleinman Third row: Religious school director Lilaine Goldman, 1st grade teacher Amelia Rosenstein, student aide Valerie Hall, Rabbi Robert J. Schur Not pictured: James Bennett texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38741/
- [Consecration Class of 1985]
- Consecration class of 1985, Beth-El Congregation, Ft. Worth. First row: Ben Blumberg, Henry Smith, Danny Schwartz, Emily Hoffman, Sharon Bzostek Second row: Joshua Sigman, Haley Florsheim, Joan Miller, Brian Abrams, Julia Schwartz, Lori Miller Third row:: Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger, religious school director Ellen Mack, Rabbi Robert J. Schur, 1st grade teacher Judy Bogomol texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38740/
- [Consecration Class of 2006]
- Consecration class of 2006 at Beth-El Congregation, Ft. Worth. Kindergarten teachers Libbe Berger; Lauren McCormick, Religious school director Ilana Knust, and Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger. The alter or "bimah" is new at the temple Beth-El, 4900 Briarhaven Rd., Fort Worth. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38739/
- [Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery]
- Photograph of the 1898 funeral of David Linsky at the Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery at 1400 S. Main Street in Fort Worth. Many horse-pulled carts and drivers surround the cemetery while there is a mass of black-clothed figures in the cemetery on the far left side of the photograph. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38770/
- [Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery, 1928, grave of Ben Levy]
- Photograph of Ben Levy's grave and tombstone in the Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery in 1928. The grave is covered with flowers. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38769/
- [Exterior, Beth-El Congregation]
- Color photograph of the exterior of theBeth-El Congregation's new building at 4900 Briarhaven Road in Fort Worth. A menorah is prominently displayed on the side of the building in relief. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38779/
- [Exterior gate, new Beth-El Congregation]
- Photograph of the exterior gate of the new Beth-El Congregation at 4900 Briarhaven Rd. The Star of David is in the center of the gate with lines radiating outward from it. The new synagogue is visible through the gate. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38771/
- [Facade, Beth-El Congregation, 207 W. Broadway Ave, Ft Worth]
- Exterior facade of the Beth-El Congregation at 207 W. Broadway Ave in Fort Worth. The building is red brick with three sets of double doors on the front of the building. There are two relief menorahs on the front of the building on either side of a circular window. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38774/
- [Façade, Beth-El Congregation, 1949]
- Exterior photograph of the facade of the Beth-El Congregation synagogue at 207 W. Broadway Avenue in Fort Worth. The building was restored after a fire. The congregation occupied the building until 2000. It is still standing. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38758/
- [Floating Star, Interior of Beth-El Congregation Sanctuary]
- Photograph of the floating star which was suspended from the ceiling as part of the interior design of the sanctuary when Beth-El was rebuilt in 1948 after the 1946 fire. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188536/
- [Gernsbacher Cafe Supply Co.]
- Photograph of the Gernsbacher Cafe Supply Company, located at 1011 Houston Street in Fort Worth around the year 1950. The building is three stories tall, the cafe supply is on the ground floor, with what look to be apartments on the 2nd and 3rd floors. There is a truck with "Gernsbacher Cafe Supplies" printed on the driver's door. Several people are standing outside the store looking at the camera. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38750/
- [Groundbreaking, Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center]
- Six men in suits dig shovels into dirt at the groundbreaking of the Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center in 1964. The name tag of the man second from the left reads "Jake Feldman" and the man third from the left has a name tag which says "Louis Beckstein," the other men are unknown. The sign in the background reads: "Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center Cadenhead Construction Co. Inc. General Contractor Wyatt C. Hedrick Architect - Engineer Sub-Contractors" The names below "Sub-Contractors" are obscured by the men in the foreground. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38763/
- [Hebrew Institute to Congregation Ahavath Sholom]
- Exterior photograph of the Hebrew Institute to Congregation Ahavath Sholom on Taylor Street in Fort Worth. From 1910 until 1951 the building served as a place for Hebrew School classes and meetings, it also functioned as a gym. There are two "For Lease" signs on the front of the building. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38765/
- [Henry and Julia Faulk Gernsbacher. 1930]
- Henry and Julia Faulk Gernsbacher pose for their 50th wedding anniversary photo in 1930. Henry Gernsbacher was the founder of the Beth-El Congregation. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38751/
- [Holiday of Succot, ca. 1949-1950]
- Students of the Beth-El Congregation celebrate the Holiday of Succot around 1949-1950. They built a succah, a tabernacle or booth covered with seasonal greens and fruits, on the altar at Beth-El. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38753/
- [Holiday Succot in 2007]
- Two photographs of Rabbi Ralph Meckleburger entertaining children during the Holiday of Succot in 2007, outdoors at Beth-El Congregation, 4900 Briarhaven Rd. The succah, or tabernacle, is built outdoors. Page from a thank you letter to the rabbi. " Thank you! 2007 Dear Rabbi Mecklenburger, Thank you for helping us celebrate Sukkot. We all loved the story you told and enjoyed swaying to the songs you played. Todah, Rachel Yaacobi on behalf of Lil Goldman's students and staff." texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38752/
- [Interior, Beth-El Congregation Sanctuary, after 1981 remodeling]
- Interior photograph of the remodeled sanctuary at the Beth-El Congregation at 207 W. Broadway Ave in Fort Worth. Theatre-style chairs circle around a central podium. Large stained-glass windows are visible on the far right and orange lamps shaped like flowers hang from the ceiling. The sanctuary was designed by John Mike Cohen. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38773/
- [Interior of Beth-El Congregation Sanctuary]
- Photograph of the interior of the second house of worship for Fort Worth's Reform Jewish congregation after being remodeled in 1981. This image was taken with the main lights turned off to show the sanctuary's 72 Castelli fiberglass lights, which evoke the imagery of a flock of doves. The stained glass in the background dates to the 1948 remodeling. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188537/
- [Main sanctuary at new synagogue, Beth-El Congregation]
- Panoramic photograph of the interior of of the new synagogue of the Beth-El Congregation at 4900 Briarhaven Rd in Fort Worth which was completed in August of 2000. The photograph was made from the balcony and the seating on the floor fills the bottom half of the photo while large stained-glass windows fill the back wall. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38772/
- [Main sanctuary, Beth-El, ca. late 1920's or mid-1930's]
- Children celebrating the holidays of Succot and Simchat Torah in the main sanctuary of the Beth-El Congregation, 207 W. Broadway, taken around the late 1920's or mid 1930's. This photo is the only one in existence of the original interior of the temple sanctuary. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38757/
- [Menorah Sculpture]
- Archivist Hollace Weiner stands behind the Menorah Sculpture cast in bronze by artist Gene Owens. The sculpture was completed in 1962 and moved from the building at 207 W. Broadway Ave to the new synagogue at 4900 Briarhaven Rd where this picture was taken in 2002. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38778/
- [Painting #1, montage of ritual images at Beth-El]
- Painting #1 which is a montage mural painting of ritual images in the foyer of Beth-El. The artist was Archie Rand. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38777/
- [Painting #2, montage of ritual images at Beth-El]
- Painting #2 which is a montage mural painting of ritual images in the foyer of Beth-El. The artist was Archie Rand. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38776/