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Tablecloth

Object number2023.110.1

Made by Beth Israel Congregation

OriginWashington, PA

MediumFabric; Embroidery thread

Credit LineGift of Beth Israel Congregation

DescriptionLong, rectangular white fabric commemorative tablecloth. Woven white tablecloth has overall fleur-de-lis and leaf/flower pattern. Inset light brown embroidered linear border with spiral ends in each corner. Margins along one long side and both short sides have eighteen (18) blue embroidered Stars of David each with light brown embroidered memorial text including person’s name and date of death. Two adjacent corners bordering long side with Stars of David have brown embroidered list of departed members. Long edges are selvage edges. Short edges are hemmed. Reverse is undecorated.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 51.75 x 173.25 x 0.125 in. (131.4 x 440.1 x 0.3 cm)
InscriptionsBrown embroidered names along one long side and two short sides, starting on the top left and moving counterclockwise:
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHAYE GITEL FREEDMAN MAR. 2. 1938”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF ELIEZER. D FREEDMAN MAR. 27. 1921”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF HENRY. J. FREEMAN JUNE 14 1921”;
“DEPARTED MEMBERS / Molly Rulm / Morris Rulm / Rebecca Landay / Charles Landay / David J Goldstone / Elazer Mreesman / Saya ? Freedman / Charles Bloom / Jamie Samdsky / Jacob Samdsky / Besie Stutz”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF SARAH. F. RICHMAN”;
“IN LOVNG MEMORY OF JACK. A. RICHMAN”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF ISRAEL RICHMAN”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF I. R. NEWARK MAR. 12 1936”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF SIMON AND YETTA SIEGEL”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF FLORENCE RESNICK REITER NOV. 6 1936.”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES LANDAY”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF REBECCA LANDAY”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF ZELDA M. GOLDFARB JAN 17. 1942”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF MEYER WEINER”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF LENA WEINER”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF JACOB. D. COHEN FEB. 3. 1939”;
“DEPARTED MEMBERS / Esther Danzinger / Morris Mareus / Morris Landay / Rose Hyatt / Naomi Mojor / Sarah Cohen Jacobs / Morris J. E. Blums Shapiro / Libby Siegel / Bernard Siegel / Jacob Weber / Sarah Newmark / Barnett Newmark”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF HARRY LEE MAY 5. 1931.”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF SIGMUND LAMPLE DEC. 21.1909.”;
“IN LOVING MEMORY OF ROSE LANDAY NOV. 9. 1890.”
MarksOne corner has black printed text “B.I.S.”
Historical NotesSignature tablecloth commissioned by the Beth Israel Congregation Sisterhood. Part of a collection from Beth Israel Congregation in Washington, Pennsylvania. Beth Israel Congregation was founded in Washington, Pa. in 1890. The congregation initially rented meeting space until dedicating a synagogue in the downtown area in 1902. With the growth of the local Jewish community, the congregation dedicated a new synagogue in 1955 designed by Alexander Sharove. Spiritual leaders of the congregation include Rabbi Jacob Goldfarb, Rabbi Maxwell Berger, Rabbi Israel Goodman, Rabbi Jakob Patuchowski, Rabbi Jacob Sober, Rabbi Daniel Lowy, Rabbi Marc E. Samuals, Rabbi David J. Matzner, Rabbi Aryeh Weinman, and Rabbi Albert A. Goldman. As the Jewish population of Washington County began to decline starting the 1960s, Beth Israel Congregation increasingly became the home of Jewish families in nearby communities, such as Canonsburg.

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