[Temple Beth-El Presentation]
Date: 2000
Creator: Beth El Congregation (Fort Worth, Tex.)
Description: Partial presentation containing labeled slides of the interior of the Beth-El Temple in Fort Worth, Texas. The images include the stained glass windows and views of the chapel and sanctuary; in order, the slide images are: [2] the Chapel (interior), [3] close-up of the stained-glass windows in the Chapel, [4] Hall of Remembrance, [5] main sanctuary (interior), [6] close-up of sanctuary front (interior) and stained glass, [7] close-up of the stained-glass window depicting a shofar, [8] close-up of the stained-glass window depicting a burning bush, and [9] close-up of the stained-glass window depicting the tree of life.
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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[Organizing Meeting of Beth-El Congregation]
Date: September 21, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isadore
Description: Minutes from the organizing meeting of the Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth on September 21, 1902.
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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Program from Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El
Date: June 1905
Creator: Congregation Beth-El
Description: Program from the Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El in Fort Worth, Texas on June 9, 1905. It contains the names of the confirmation students, and the order of the program.
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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[Groundbreaking, Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center]
Date: 1964
Creator: Don Barnett Photography
Description: 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.
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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[Cake celebrating Beth-El Congregation's 50th anniversary]
Date: 1952
Creator: Hal Blake Photography
Description: 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."
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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[Beth-El Congregation's Second Synagogue]
Date: 1948
Creator: J. Allison
Description: 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."
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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[Beth-El Congregation's Second Synagogue]
Date: 2000
Creator: Lauer, Ralph
Description: 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.
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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[Façade, Beth-El Congregation, 1949]
Date: 1951
Creator: Lawrence Thomas-Allen Co.
Description: 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.
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation
Date: May 26, 1909
Creator: Rabbi George Zepin
Description: Confirmation Bible, Beth-El Congregation. Title page and inscription of a book of the Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, after the best Jewish authority by Isaac Lesser. Presented to Rose Levenson for Confirmation on Shevuoth, May 26, 1909 at Fort Worth, Texas by Rabbi George Zepin.
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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[Beth-El Congregation Building Committee]
Date: 1999
Creator: Schweitzer, Leonard
Description: 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.
Contributing Partner: Beth-El Congregation Archives
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