With Rosh Hashanah coming up this week, it seems an appropriate time to post these documents. My Tolchin grandparents and Joshowitz great grandparents were long-time members of
Gemulas/Gemilas Chesed Congregation (which used several different spellings for its name) in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
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High Holiday Ticket for my Great Grandmother, Esther Joshowitz, 1959 |
My grandmother saved 1959 tickets to High Holiday services for herself, my grandfather, and my great-grandmother.
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High Holiday Ticket for my Grandfather, 1959 |
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High Holiday Ticket for my Grandmother, 1959 |
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She also saved my grandfather's ticket for 1962 and hers for 1963.
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High Holiday Ticket for my Grandfather, 1962 |
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High Holiday Ticket for my Grandmother, 1963 |
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