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[1921 Ahavath Sholom's First Confirmation Class]

Description: In 1921, Fort Worth’s Congregation Ahavath Sholom introduced the rite of Confirmation, the graduation from religious school that coincides with the Jewish holiday Shavuos when Moses received the Ten Commandments. This picture shows the twelve, 14-year-old girls in the Confirmation class wearing white dresses, holding flowers and certificates rolled up like scrolls. The students are seated in two rows and are identified as: Row 1: Lena Shosid (Cooles), Fannie Herman, unidentified, Hannah Byre… more
Date: 1921~
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[1928 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Description: Photograph of the 1928 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing on the altar (called a bimah) of the synagogue located downtown in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the confirmands are: Rebecca Luskey, Cecile Bodzy, Martha Daiches, Mrs. Abraham Bengis (teacher), Rabbi Abraham Bengis, Esther Klimist, Sally Kruger, Sarah Garston. Behind the confirmands is a replica of the Ten Commandments which rests above the curtained ark, which houses the Torah scroll… more
Date: May 27, 1928
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[1932 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Description: Photograph of the 1932 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar (called a bimah) of the synagogue located at 823 Taylor Street in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. The members of the photograph, from left to right, are: Top row: Sylvia Engler (Roberts), Jesonda Gilbert (Fox), Sadye May Carshon (Garsek), Bessie Resnick, Lillian Rose Rabinowitz (Rosenthal), Rebecca Laves, Pearl Paul, Gussie Kruger, Dorothy Dworkin (Glazer), Sarah Weisblatt (Kragen), Rhoda Kershner. Bottom row: Jen… more
Date: 1932
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[1940 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Description: Photograph of the 1940 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar of the synagogue located downtown on Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: Front row: Bertha Haller, Gloria Sheinberg (Swann). Back row: Rabbi Philip Graubart, Margie Cohen (Levingston), Dorothy Bergman, Jennie Moses (Winkler)(teacher), Dorothy Cohen, Shirley Garston (Cohen), Annie Kaplan, Betty Daiches (Sher).
Date: 1940
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[1946 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Description: Photograph of the 1946 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar (called a bimah) of the synagogue located downtown in the 800 block of Taylor Street in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right, the members of the photograph are: Front Row: Rabbi Charles Blumenthal. Middle Row: Bessie Rutlader, Roselle Cooles, Ruth Spigel, Mary Sankary, Ruth Hendelman, Marilyn Coughey, Margie Weisblatt, Pearl Sankary. Back Row: Marshall Hillman, Sammy Hoffman, Sherwin Rubin.
Date: June 1946
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[1952 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Description: Photograph of the 1952 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing near the altar (called a bimah) at the synagogue at 1600 W. Myrtle Street, Fort Worth, Texas. There are six young men wearing black robes in the picture and four young women wearing white robes. From left to right, the confirmands pictured are: Front row: Patsy Ansel, Saradel Applebaum (Baker), Diane Solomon (Oberstein), Estaline Tuck (Gilbert). Back row: Burton Rakoover, Tommy Weitzman, Bernard "Bubba" Rubin, Rabbi Isadore Gar… more
Date: November 20, 1952
Creator: Hall Bakke Photography
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[1961 Ahavath Sholom Confirmation Class]

Description: Photograph of the 1961 Ahavath Sholom confirmation class standing around the altar of the synagogue at 1600 W. Myrtle St., Fort Worth, Texas. The women are standing in the front and wearing light-colored robes; the men are standing in the back and wearing dark-colored robes. From left to right, the confirmands pictured are: Front row: Arlene Lois Sonkin, Leslie Faye Kreisberg, Karen Sue Imber, Andrea Bernstein (Deen), Marlene Annette Schwartz, Andrea Ruth Goldberg, Trudy Klimist, Diane Jane M… more
Date: May 14, 1961
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Adath Emeth Bulletin, April 5, 1963

Description: Newsletter of the Adath Emeth congregation in Houston, including news and events, upcoming services, member announcements, editorials, and other information of interest to congregants. This is the "Passover Edition" and discusses the holiday's customs and events.
Date: April 5, 1963
Creator: Congregation Adath Emeth
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Adath Emeth Bulletin, August 21, 1964

Description: Newsletter of the Adath Emeth congregation in Houston, including news and events, upcoming services, member announcements, editorials, and other information of interest to congregants. This issue is the "High Holiday Edition" and discusses the upcoming holidays, including Yom Kippur.
Date: August 21, 1964
Creator: Congregation Adath Emeth
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Adath Emeth Bulletin, August 1965

Description: Newsletter of the Adath Emeth congregation in Houston, including news and events, upcoming services, member announcements, editorials, and other information of interest to congregants. This issue is the "Talmud Torah Edition" which discusses the school's curriculum, registration information, and the academic calendar.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Congregation Adath Emeth
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Adath Emeth Bulletin, December 14, 1962

Description: Newsletter of the Adath Emeth congregation in Houston, including news and events, upcoming services, member announcements, editorials, and other information of interest to congregants. This issue discusses upcoming Chanukah events, including a play presented by the junior N.C.S.Y. class and the Talmud Torah class parties.
Date: December 14, 1962
Creator: Congregation Adath Emeth
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center
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