Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-02
NEW SYNAGOGUE
To Be DEDICATED
NEXT THURSDAY
Three=day Celebration for Mem
bers of 0heb Shalom
Congregation.

A4nrogfams of an exceptional cnarac-
ter will feature the dedication of the
new Si00,0 900 synagogue OF the Oheb
Shalom Congregation, on High street,
near West Kinney. which will be pre-
t%entiously solemnized with a three-day
celebration. beginning on next Thurs
day evening.
Among the distinguished speakers
will be Governor Woodrow Wilson, DR..
Solomon Schechter, president of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer
lea; Professor Solomon Solis-Cohen, OF
Philadelphia, an instructor at he JEFF
ferson Medical College; Rabbi Jacob
Kohn, of the Congregation Anshe
Chesed, of New York, and Rabbis DR..
Solomon Foster, DR.. Joseph Leucht,
DR.. julius Silberfeld and DR.. Hyman
Brodsky, of this city. DR.. Charles 1.
Hoffman, rabbi of the Oheb Shalom
: Congregation, will preside at the dedi-
oatory exercises, held on Thursday
evening. The congregation will as
semble in the large synagogue
auditorium, that with all its appoint
ments will be occupied for the first
time. The participants in the serv-
ices. the officers and noted guests, after
forming in the assembly room on the
lower floor, will march in procession
to the door of the synagogue, bearing
with them the scrolls of the Torah.
After a to open the gates a
circuit will be made about the syna-
gogue. to the accompaniment of elab-
crate choral music, led by the cantor,
the Rev. Max Helfere.
The procession will then ascend the
almembar. or platform. where, with an
appropriate service, the beautiful ark
Will be opened and devoted to its
sacred purpose by %depositing there the
scrolls of the law. Then will follow a
responsive Bible readings between
Rabbi Hoffman and the congregation,
the selection being taken from 1.
Kings, chapter 8. The perpetual lamp
that hangs before the ark and that is
kept lit at all times, both day and
night thereafter, will then, with the
proper benediction, be kindled by AL
bert Stein, the oldest of the former
presidents of the congregation now
living. This lamp, specially designed,
has been given to the synagogue by
Mrs. George Kridel, in memory of her
parents. Lazar and Lottie Roth.
Will Deliver Building.
The building will then be formally
delivered to the congregation by the
presentation of the key by Emanuel
Heyman, the chairman of the building
committee. 1t will be accepted by
Samuel Schwartz, the president of the
official board.
The jubilee and dedication hymn will
then be sung. the dedication prayer
will be offered by Rabbi Hyman Brod
sky, of the Congregation Anshe Rus
STA, and the Introductory address OF
welcome will be made by Rabbi DR..
Hoffman. The dedicatory sermon will
be delivered by DR.. Solomon Schech-
ter, of the Jewish Theological Semi
nary of America, who has recently re-
turned from an extended Journey to
Europe and South Africa. He is with
out doubt the most renowned Jewish
scholar in this country.
Following his address the "Hallelu-
iah'' chorus will be rendered and a
prayer for the government will be Of
fered by Rabbi Solomon Foster, of the
Congregation B.nai Jeshurun.
The next speaker will be the Hon.
woodrow Wilson, Governor of the
state, who willingly responded to the
request to take part in the dedicatory
exercises.
The next feature on the program win
be the singing of the hymn How
Goodly Are Thy Tents" to be followed