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Temple Beth Israel (Niagara Falls, New York)

December 04, 2023

For similarly named synagogues, see Beth Israel.

Temple Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל) was a synagogue located at 905 College Avenue in Niagara Falls, New York. Founded in 1898[3][4] and formally incorporated in 1905[5] as an Orthodox synagogue,[6] it hired its first rabbi in 1916,[7] and joined the Conservative movement in 1931.[6]

Beth Israel
The former synagogue as seen in January 2023
Religion
AffiliationConservative Judaism
StatusInactive
Location
Location905 College Avenue,
Niagara Falls, New York,
 United States
Geographic coordinates43°07′20″N 79°03′11″W / 43.122255°N 79.053038°W / 43.122255; -79.053038
Architecture
Architect(s)Bazemore & Grove
StyleModernist
Groundbreaking1966[1]
Completed1967[2]

The congregation moved to its most recent building in 1967,[1] and soon afterwards membership peaked at over 180 families,[8] but by 2008 had been reduced to 50.[9] From 2005 to 2007 the synagogue was repeatedly targeted by vandals; after some of these incidents a federal investigation was started and two people were arrested, convicted, and sentenced.[10]

Samuel Porrath served as rabbi from 1931 to 1934, and, though employed elsewhere, would subsequently often serve as interim rabbi; he was appointed "rabbi emeritus" in 1968.[7][11] Melvin Kieffer was the congregation's longest serving rabbi, from 1947 to 1957.[7] Haim Cassorla, Beth Israel's last rabbi, served from 1988 to 1995.[12] In the 2000s, its president was Dr. Lawrence Wolfgang.[3][9] In May 2011 the congregation stated it would disband by the end of the year.[3]

Early history edit

Founded in Niagara Falls in 1898,[3][4] Temple Beth Israel formally incorporated in 1905, when it was granted a charter by the State of New York, and purchased land for $1,600 ($52,000 today) on Cedar Avenue. Construction of a building did not start until 1911, when the cornerstone was laid. At the time the congregation had 33 members.[5] The building was completed in 1912 at a cost of approximately $12,000 ($364,000 today) of which half was borrowed as a mortgage. Jacob Schiff, the New York City philanthropist, donated $250 towards the costs. Annual dues averaged around $17 ($500 today).[3][13]

In its early years Beth Israel could not afford a rabbi, Sunday School, or Hebrew school; High Holiday services were run by guest rabbis, and the rabbi of Niagara Falls' Temple Beth El would help out. In 1915 Beth Israel started providing Hebrew school classes,[14] and in 1916 hired its first full-time rabbi, Moses Abramson,[13] who served until 1918. Subsequent rabbis were Abraham Helfman (1919–1922), Israel Holtzman (1923–1924), and Alter Abelson (1925–1926).[7]

During Abelson's final year at Beth Israel the congregation opened a permanently organized Sunday School; prior to that classes had not been "on a steady or permanently organized basis".[14] Abelson was followed by Jacob Landy (1927–1928) and Isser Muskat (1928–1930).[7]

1930s, 40s, and 50s edit

Though the synagogue had always called itself Orthodox, it also had liberal leanings, and in 1931 it affiliated itself with the United Synagogue of America (now United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism).[6] That year Beth Israel hired Samuel I. Porrath as rabbi, a position he would hold until 1935. Porrath subsequently moved away from Niagara Falls, but would eventually return. Though employed elsewhere (including Temple Beth El in Buffalo, New York, and Niagara University, where he chaired the Institute of Transportation, Travel and Tourism), he would often serve as Beth Israel's interim rabbi when the congregation was between permanent rabbis. A founder of Niagara County Community College, Porrath was appointed Beth Israel's "Rabbi Emeritus" in 1968, and died in 1989.[7][11]

After Porrath, Beth Israel went through another series of short-tenured rabbis: Jacob Friedman (1936–1937), Herman Glatt (1938–1940), and Mordecai Waxman (1941–1942).[7][15] Waxman would subsequently serve as an Army chaplain in World War II, go on to become a prominent rabbi in the Conservative movement, and serve as rabbi of Temple Israel of Great Neck, New York from 1947 to his death in 2002.[15][16] Waxman was followed by Simon Shoop (1942–1943), Philip Miller (1943–1944), and Jay Kaufman (1945–1946).[7]

The congregation began work on an addition to the synagogue in 1947, which it completed in 1948. The total cost was $30,000, of which $20,000 was raised, and $10,000 borrowed.[17]

In 1947 Beth Israel also hired Melvin Kieffer; he served until 1957, the synagogue's longest serving rabbi,[7] and during his tenure, in 1955, Beth Israel's mortgage was finally paid off.[18] Kieffer was followed by Seymour Schorr, who was hired in 1958.[7]

New building edit

By 1965 the congregation had approximately 175 families, and had outgrown its building on Cedar Avenue, which had inadequate facilities, and too few (and unsafe) classrooms.[19] In 1961 Beth Israel had acquired from the New York Power Authority 2 acres (8,100 m2) of land at College Avenue and Madison Avenue, valued at approximately $100,000, in exchange for 1-acre (4,000 m2) of land the Authority needed in Beth Israel's cemetery.[19] Funds were raised for a new building,[20] and in 1966 construction began on facilities on College Avenue. The work was completed in time for High Holiday services to be held there in 1967.[3][1][2]

That year Schorr asked to be released from his contract, and was replaced by Morris A. Cohen for 6 months, and then Samuel Porrath, who came out of retirement to assist.[1] In 1968 Yosel I. Dick was hired as rabbi; he would serve until 1971.[7] Membership peaked at over 180 families soon after the move to the new building.[8][21]

Decline edit

During the 1970s Niagara Falls had entered a long economic downturn: plants run by major employers closed, and the city's population dropped by over 40 percent. Jewish employees were laid off when the plants closed, and many Jewish businesses moved or went out of business. Jewish families left the area, and synagogue membership declined.[8][21] During this period Israel Zimmerman was rabbi from 1972–1975, and Lawrence Pinsker, a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College,[22] from 1976 to 1980.[7]

Jerome Kestenbaum joined as rabbi in 1981, and, feeling that the mortgage was a drain on the congregation, in 1982 he and synagogue president Samuel Wineburgh asked Jack A. Gellman to head a campaign to retire it. The original mortgage for the new building had been $350,000, and by 1982 the balance remaining was $42,000. The campaign was a success, and a mortgage burning dinner was held in October of that year.[18]

Kestenbaum was replaced by Bruce Adler in 1983;[7] Adler had just been ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.[23] He served for a year, moving to Beth Israel Synagogue of Hamilton, Ohio.[23] In 1985 Kestenbaum returned, serving until 1986, when he was replaced by David Harary.[7]

Haim Cassorla replaced Harary in 1988;[7] when he left, in 1995, the congregation could not afford to hire a replacement. Dr. Laurence Boxer acted in place of a rabbi, without remuneration, conducting all services and grave-side rituals.[12] By 1998 Beth Israel's membership had dropped to 65 families,[8][21] and by 2008 membership was 50 families.[9] In the 2000s, Beth Israel's president was Dr. Lawrence Wolfgang.[9][3]

From 1978 on the temple held an annual fundraising dinner which, by 2011, typically raised $10,000. In May of that year the congregation stated it would donate all proceeds of the 2011 fundraising dinner to the Catholic Mount Saint Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, and disband by the end of the year. The members bestowed the annual fundraising event on the hospital's foundation.[3]

Targeted by vandals edit

In 1992 swastikas and the words "white power" were found on synagogue's door, which was urinated on,[24] and in 1997 vandals started a fire outside the building.[25] However, a more sustained set of attacks started in 2005 and escalated in the summer and fall of 2006. Incidents occurred on a near-daily basis, and included urinating on the synagogue's doors and carving swastikas into them: a "skateboard club" named "DNA" had apparently claimed the Temple's property as its own "turf", and refused to leave. A federal investigation involving a Joint Terrorism Task Force agent and local police was begun when the message "Kill the Jews" was duct-taped to the building's door on January 12, 2007. The investigation was hampered because witnesses were afraid to speak, in fear of retaliation.[26][27]

In February 2007 two people, one a juvenile, were arrested and charged in connection with the incidents.[26][27] The suspects initially pleaded not guilty,[28] but in early June were offered a plea bargain,[29] and later that month Shawn M. Blount pleaded guilty to the vandalism.[30] In August he was sentenced to one to three years in prison, and a co-defendant, who also pleaded guilty, was sentenced as a youthful offender to one year in Niagara County Jail.[10] At the synagogue's annual "Friends of Temple Beth Israel" dinner it honored that year the police officers and attorneys who prosecuted the perpetrators, and honored the following year the parish council president of St. Teresa Catholic Church and the founders of the Niagara Falls Human Rights Commission for helping raise awareness of the crimes.[9]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 23.
  2. ^ a b Our Building 2008-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, Synagogue website. Accessed October 26, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Adamczyk, Ed. "As temple closes, a tradition continues", Niagara Gazette, May 10, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 10.
  5. ^ a b Gellman, Jack A.Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 11.
  6. ^ a b c Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968, p. 15.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel 100th Birthday Celebration 1898–1998 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 31.
  8. ^ a b c d Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel 100th Birthday Celebration 1898–1998 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 29.
  9. ^ a b c d e Gee, Denise Jewell. "Temple to honor supporters after vandalism", The Buffalo News, May 11, 2008.
  10. ^ a b Prohaska, Thomas J. "Falls man gets prison for temple vandalism", The Buffalo News, August 3, 2007.
  11. ^ a b "Rabbi Samuel Porrath Dies; Prominent Leader", The Buffalo News, May 14, 1989.
  12. ^ a b Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel 100th Birthday Celebration 1898–1998 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 30.
  13. ^ a b Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 12.
  14. ^ a b Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 14.
  15. ^ a b Goldman, Ari L. " Mordecai Waxman, Rabbi Who Chided Pope, Dies at 85", The New York Times, August 15, 2002.
  16. ^ Fischler, Marcelle S. " LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Celebrating a Rabbi's 55 Years of Service", July 7, 2002.
  17. ^ Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 16.
  18. ^ a b Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel 100th Birthday Celebration 1898–1998 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 37.
  19. ^ a b Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968, p. 20.
  20. ^ Gellman, Jack A. Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, p. 21.
  21. ^ a b c Kurilovitch, Mike. "Temple Marks 100 Years with Hope for Rejuvenation", The Buffalo News, August 30, 1998.
  22. ^ Meet our Clergy Team 2007-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, About Us, Shaarey Zedek Synagogue website. Accessed August 15, 2008.
  23. ^ a b "Rabbi Bruce Adler" 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine, Congregation B'nai Tikvah / The Jewish Reconstructionist Centrer of Southwestern Ohio website. Retrieved December 23, 2011.
  24. ^ Thompson, Jimmy. "Man Charged with Defacing Falls Temple", The Buffalo News, November 8, 1992.
  25. ^ "Vandals Start Fire at Temple", The Buffalo News, June 21, 1997.
  26. ^ a b Pfeiffer, Rick. "NIAGARA FALLS: Arrests made in temple vandalism case", The Journal-Register (Niagara Gazette), February 14, 2007.
  27. ^ a b "ADL Welcomes Arrest In Niagara Falls Synagogue Attacks" 2008-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, Anti-Defamation League, February 16, 2007.
  28. ^ Fischer, Nancy A. "2 Falls teens deny vandalizing synagogue: Repeated incidents at Temple Beth Israel lead to arrests; third suspect faces charges.", The Buffalo News, April 3, 2007.
  29. ^ Prohaska, Thomas J. "2 offered a deal in synagogue vandalism", The Buffalo News, June 2, 2007.
  30. ^ Prohaska, Thomas J. "Guilt admitted in vandalism at synagogue", The Buffalo News, June 16, 2007.

External links edit

  • Jewish Buffalo Images: a collection on New York Heritage

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For similarly named synagogues see Beth Israel Temple Beth Israel Hebrew בית ישראל was a synagogue located at 905 College Avenue in Niagara Falls New York Founded in 1898 3 4 and formally incorporated in 1905 5 as an Orthodox synagogue 6 it hired its first rabbi in 1916 7 and joined the Conservative movement in 1931 6 Beth IsraelThe former synagogue as seen in January 2023ReligionAffiliationConservative JudaismStatusInactiveLocationLocation905 College Avenue Niagara Falls New York United StatesGeographic coordinates43 07 20 N 79 03 11 W 43 122255 N 79 053038 W 43 122255 79 053038ArchitectureArchitect s Bazemore amp GroveStyleModernistGroundbreaking1966 1 Completed1967 2 The congregation moved to its most recent building in 1967 1 and soon afterwards membership peaked at over 180 families 8 but by 2008 had been reduced to 50 9 From 2005 to 2007 the synagogue was repeatedly targeted by vandals after some of these incidents a federal investigation was started and two people were arrested convicted and sentenced 10 Samuel Porrath served as rabbi from 1931 to 1934 and though employed elsewhere would subsequently often serve as interim rabbi he was appointed rabbi emeritus in 1968 7 11 Melvin Kieffer was the congregation s longest serving rabbi from 1947 to 1957 7 Haim Cassorla Beth Israel s last rabbi served from 1988 to 1995 12 In the 2000s its president was Dr Lawrence Wolfgang 3 9 In May 2011 the congregation stated it would disband by the end of the year 3 Contents 1 Early history 2 1930s 40s and 50s 3 New building 4 Decline 5 Targeted by vandals 6 Notes 7 External linksEarly history editFounded in Niagara Falls in 1898 3 4 Temple Beth Israel formally incorporated in 1905 when it was granted a charter by the State of New York and purchased land for 1 600 52 000 today on Cedar Avenue Construction of a building did not start until 1911 when the cornerstone was laid At the time the congregation had 33 members 5 The building was completed in 1912 at a cost of approximately 12 000 364 000 today of which half was borrowed as a mortgage Jacob Schiff the New York City philanthropist donated 250 towards the costs Annual dues averaged around 17 500 today 3 13 In its early years Beth Israel could not afford a rabbi Sunday School or Hebrew school High Holiday services were run by guest rabbis and the rabbi of Niagara Falls Temple Beth El would help out In 1915 Beth Israel started providing Hebrew school classes 14 and in 1916 hired its first full time rabbi Moses Abramson 13 who served until 1918 Subsequent rabbis were Abraham Helfman 1919 1922 Israel Holtzman 1923 1924 and Alter Abelson 1925 1926 7 During Abelson s final year at Beth Israel the congregation opened a permanently organized Sunday School prior to that classes had not been on a steady or permanently organized basis 14 Abelson was followed by Jacob Landy 1927 1928 and Isser Muskat 1928 1930 7 1930s 40s and 50s editThough the synagogue had always called itself Orthodox it also had liberal leanings and in 1931 it affiliated itself with the United Synagogue of America now United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 6 That year Beth Israel hired Samuel I Porrath as rabbi a position he would hold until 1935 Porrath subsequently moved away from Niagara Falls but would eventually return Though employed elsewhere including Temple Beth El in Buffalo New York and Niagara University where he chaired the Institute of Transportation Travel and Tourism he would often serve as Beth Israel s interim rabbi when the congregation was between permanent rabbis A founder of Niagara County Community College Porrath was appointed Beth Israel s Rabbi Emeritus in 1968 and died in 1989 7 11 After Porrath Beth Israel went through another series of short tenured rabbis Jacob Friedman 1936 1937 Herman Glatt 1938 1940 and Mordecai Waxman 1941 1942 7 15 Waxman would subsequently serve as an Army chaplain in World War II go on to become a prominent rabbi in the Conservative movement and serve as rabbi of Temple Israel of Great Neck New York from 1947 to his death in 2002 15 16 Waxman was followed by Simon Shoop 1942 1943 Philip Miller 1943 1944 and Jay Kaufman 1945 1946 7 The congregation began work on an addition to the synagogue in 1947 which it completed in 1948 The total cost was 30 000 of which 20 000 was raised and 10 000 borrowed 17 In 1947 Beth Israel also hired Melvin Kieffer he served until 1957 the synagogue s longest serving rabbi 7 and during his tenure in 1955 Beth Israel s mortgage was finally paid off 18 Kieffer was followed by Seymour Schorr who was hired in 1958 7 New building editBy 1965 the congregation had approximately 175 families and had outgrown its building on Cedar Avenue which had inadequate facilities and too few and unsafe classrooms 19 In 1961 Beth Israel had acquired from the New York Power Authority 2 acres 8 100 m2 of land at College Avenue and Madison Avenue valued at approximately 100 000 in exchange for 1 acre 4 000 m2 of land the Authority needed in Beth Israel s cemetery 19 Funds were raised for a new building 20 and in 1966 construction began on facilities on College Avenue The work was completed in time for High Holiday services to be held there in 1967 3 1 2 That year Schorr asked to be released from his contract and was replaced by Morris A Cohen for 6 months and then Samuel Porrath who came out of retirement to assist 1 In 1968 Yosel I Dick was hired as rabbi he would serve until 1971 7 Membership peaked at over 180 families soon after the move to the new building 8 21 Decline editDuring the 1970s Niagara Falls had entered a long economic downturn plants run by major employers closed and the city s population dropped by over 40 percent Jewish employees were laid off when the plants closed and many Jewish businesses moved or went out of business Jewish families left the area and synagogue membership declined 8 21 During this period Israel Zimmerman was rabbi from 1972 1975 and Lawrence Pinsker a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 22 from 1976 to 1980 7 Jerome Kestenbaum joined as rabbi in 1981 and feeling that the mortgage was a drain on the congregation in 1982 he and synagogue president Samuel Wineburgh asked Jack A Gellman to head a campaign to retire it The original mortgage for the new building had been 350 000 and by 1982 the balance remaining was 42 000 The campaign was a success and a mortgage burning dinner was held in October of that year 18 Kestenbaum was replaced by Bruce Adler in 1983 7 Adler had just been ordained at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College 23 He served for a year moving to Beth Israel Synagogue of Hamilton Ohio 23 In 1985 Kestenbaum returned serving until 1986 when he was replaced by David Harary 7 Haim Cassorla replaced Harary in 1988 7 when he left in 1995 the congregation could not afford to hire a replacement Dr Laurence Boxer acted in place of a rabbi without remuneration conducting all services and grave side rituals 12 By 1998 Beth Israel s membership had dropped to 65 families 8 21 and by 2008 membership was 50 families 9 In the 2000s Beth Israel s president was Dr Lawrence Wolfgang 9 3 From 1978 on the temple held an annual fundraising dinner which by 2011 typically raised 10 000 In May of that year the congregation stated it would donate all proceeds of the 2011 fundraising dinner to the Catholic Mount Saint Mary s Hospital in Lewiston and disband by the end of the year The members bestowed the annual fundraising event on the hospital s foundation 3 Targeted by vandals editIn 1992 swastikas and the words white power were found on synagogue s door which was urinated on 24 and in 1997 vandals started a fire outside the building 25 However a more sustained set of attacks started in 2005 and escalated in the summer and fall of 2006 Incidents occurred on a near daily basis and included urinating on the synagogue s doors and carving swastikas into them a skateboard club named DNA had apparently claimed the Temple s property as its own turf and refused to leave A federal investigation involving a Joint Terrorism Task Force agent and local police was begun when the message Kill the Jews was duct taped to the building s door on January 12 2007 The investigation was hampered because witnesses were afraid to speak in fear of retaliation 26 27 In February 2007 two people one a juvenile were arrested and charged in connection with the incidents 26 27 The suspects initially pleaded not guilty 28 but in early June were offered a plea bargain 29 and later that month Shawn M Blount pleaded guilty to the vandalism 30 In August he was sentenced to one to three years in prison and a co defendant who also pleaded guilty was sentenced as a youthful offender to one year in Niagara County Jail 10 At the synagogue s annual Friends of Temple Beth Israel dinner it honored that year the police officers and attorneys who prosecuted the perpetrators and honored the following year the parish council president of St Teresa Catholic Church and the founders of the Niagara Falls Human Rights Commission for helping raise awareness of the crimes 9 Notes edit a b c d Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 23 a b Our Building Archived 2008 08 27 at the Wayback Machine Synagogue website Accessed October 26 2008 a b c d e f g h Adamczyk Ed As temple closes a tradition continues Niagara Gazette May 10 2011 a b Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 10 a b Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 11 a b c Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 p 15 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel 100th Birthday Celebration 1898 1998 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 31 a b c d Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel 100th Birthday Celebration 1898 1998 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 29 a b c d e Gee Denise Jewell Temple to honor supporters after vandalism The Buffalo News May 11 2008 a b Prohaska Thomas J Falls man gets prison for temple vandalism The Buffalo News August 3 2007 a b Rabbi Samuel Porrath Dies Prominent Leader The Buffalo News May 14 1989 a b Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel 100th Birthday Celebration 1898 1998 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 30 a b Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 12 a b Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 14 a b Goldman Ari L Mordecai Waxman Rabbi Who Chided Pope Dies at 85 The New York Times August 15 2002 Fischler Marcelle S LONG ISLAND JOURNAL Celebrating a Rabbi s 55 Years of Service July 7 2002 Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 16 a b Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel 100th Birthday Celebration 1898 1998 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 37 a b Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 p 20 Gellman Jack A Temple Beth Israel Dedication 1968 Archived 2011 07 24 at the Wayback Machine p 21 a b c Kurilovitch Mike Temple Marks 100 Years with Hope for Rejuvenation The Buffalo News August 30 1998 Meet our Clergy Team Archived 2007 09 07 at the Wayback Machine About Us Shaarey Zedek Synagogue website Accessed August 15 2008 a b Rabbi Bruce Adler Archived 2012 04 26 at the Wayback Machine Congregation B nai Tikvah The Jewish Reconstructionist Centrer of Southwestern Ohio website Retrieved December 23 2011 Thompson Jimmy Man Charged with Defacing Falls Temple The Buffalo News November 8 1992 Vandals Start Fire at Temple The Buffalo News June 21 1997 a b Pfeiffer Rick NIAGARA FALLS Arrests made in temple vandalism case The Journal Register Niagara Gazette February 14 2007 a b ADL Welcomes Arrest In Niagara Falls Synagogue Attacks Archived 2008 06 09 at the Wayback Machine Anti Defamation League February 16 2007 Fischer Nancy A 2 Falls teens deny vandalizing synagogue Repeated incidents at Temple Beth Israel lead to arrests third suspect faces charges The Buffalo News April 3 2007 Prohaska Thomas J 2 offered a deal in synagogue vandalism The Buffalo News June 2 2007 Prohaska Thomas J Guilt admitted in vandalism at synagogue The Buffalo News June 16 2007 External links editSynagogue website Jewish Buffalo Images a collection on New York Heritage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Temple Beth Israel Niagara Falls New York amp oldid 1176054970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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