4 Comments

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   joe on April 4, 2010 at 6:44 pm

   i see it says “Ohel Torah” in Richmond – I have never heard of record of such a shul in Richmond, VA, maybe it means Staten Island (Richmond County) or Richmond Hill, Queens

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   joe on March 24, 2011 at 10:32 pm

   It is interesting because there was Keneseth Israel (now Keneseth Beth Israel) in Richmond, VA

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   Mara on August 13, 2011 at 12:25 am

   He definitely lived in NY. I’ll find out where this is located. He’s my great-grand father

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   YD Miller on August 15, 2011 at 4:48 pm

   He was definetley first in Richmond VA as you can see from his work Divrie Harabanim which he authored together with a partner and printed in 1905 whicle in Richmond:
   http://www.hebrewbooks.org/38477

   As for Joe’s question, the way I would read the inscription would be that both Ohel Torah and Kneses Yisroel were congregations he served after he came over to NY.

   Mara,
   Where was your grandfather originally from? what else do you about him?