History of largest conservative synagogue in US now housed at Rice

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Houston’s Congregation Beth Yeshurun is the largest conservative synagogue in the United States. And thanks to efforts to preserve its historical records after Hurricane Harvey, Rice’s Houston Jewish History Archive (HJHA) is now the caretaker of the congregation’s bulletins, board minutes and more.

For more:  http://news.rice.edu/2018/11/30/history-of-largest-conservative-synagogue-in-us-now-housed-at-rice/

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