Temple Beth Israel

Temple Beth Israel is Altoona, Pennsylvania's Reform Jewish Congregation. Founded at the turn of the last century, Temple Beth Israel has been an active part of the Altoona and greater Jewish community for nearly 100 years.
May 16 2013

Shabbat Worship Time Change beginning June

Time for Shabbat Worship has changed to 7PM starting June 7th. Service will be held this summer in our air conditioned social hall.


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Audrey Korotkin

Realizing the Dream, Equality for All: Law Day at the Blair County Courthouse, Friday, May 3, 2013

Posted on May 3rd, 2013 by Audrey Korotkin

 

Even though my husband Don is the one in law school, I’m grateful to have the opportunity to speak to you, because of my scholarly work in the field of Jewish law. Like the American system of justice that we celebrate today, Jewish law is based on the concepts of fairness in judgment, equality of treatment, and a single system of rules that applies to everybody. The rules and rulings of Jewish law, like those in America, reflect a presumption that you are not who you are because of where you are born, or how much money you have, or who your parents are – but what you can and want to become.

Our parents and grandparents and great-grandparents left Russia and Poland and Germany and Austria because we were treated as less than full citizens – and eventually as le

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For the week of May 17th:

  • Lous Bergman
  • Edith Brown
  • Samuel A. Goldstein
  • Helen Grindlinger
  • William Krelitz
  • Doctor Louis Lass
  • Edward Petsonk
  • Edward M. Petsonk
  • Arline Raymer
  • Stanley C. Reinheimer