Tablecloth
Object number2021.118.1
OriginMonessen, PA
MediumFabric; Thread
Credit LineGift of Loren Vivio
DescriptionRectangular white fabric tablecloth. Front center of tablecloth has blue embroidered six-pointed star with blue embroidered congregation name at center. Around outside perimeter of the star are blue embroidered names of past organizational presidents and radiating out from star are embroidered member names. All edges are hemmed with simple eyelet border. Reverse is undecorated but the embroidery is visible.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 66.25 x 138.25 x 0.125 in. (168.3 x 351.2 x 0.3 cm)InscriptionsEmbroidered blue text at center of tablecloth, inside star "KNESETH-ISRAEL / SISTERHOOD".
Around outside perimeter of star and radiating out from star are blue embroidered names; names around star perimeter also have organizational position titles; for lis of names see 2021.118 object file.
Historical NotesTablecloth with the embroidered names of Temple Beth Am members. Temple Beth Am in Monessen, Pennsylvania was created through the 1967 merger of Kneseth Israel Hebrew Congregation of Monessen and Rodef Shalom Congregation of Charleroi. Kneseth Israel Hebrew Congregation was chartered in 1908 and dedicated its first synagogue on Schoonmaker Avenue in 1911. The property included a community center known as the AZA House. Kneseth Israel dedicated a new synagogue on Watkins Avenue in 1954. The congregation began as Orthodox and moved toward Conservative. Rodef Shalom Congregation was chartered in 1924 and built a synagogue on Washington Street in 1925. The congregation was Reform, as was the merged Temple Beth Am. Temple Beth Am also operated a nursery school inclusive to the greater public. Due to a dwindling membership and financial hardship, the temple closed in 2019.
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Kneseth Israel Hebrew Congregation
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