Dover Township, NJ - Surviving Sefer Torah From Nazi Germany To Be Rededicated
Dover Township, NJ - A Sefer Torah saved from destruction during World War II will be rededicated during next Shabbas services at Congregation B'nai Israel, Old Freehold Road, in the Toms River section of Dover Township.
The Sefer Torah, was brought to New Jersey in 1939 by Theodore Pfaelzer, who sneaked it out of a synagogue in Hemsbach, Germany, following Kristallnacht," in 1938 when hundreds of synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and Jewish-owned shops were destroyed in Germany and Austria.
The torah is being rededicated by Pfaelzer's daughter, Margot Mayer of Lakehurst. "The synagogue building in Hemsbach, Germany is still standing and was restored to its original condition by the German authorities in 1987, including the Mikva, the religious bath, which had not been used in more than a hundred years," Mayer said in the release.
Mayer donated silver ornaments to enhance the scrolls as well as a custom-made cover representing the Tree of Life.
The Sefer Torah, was brought to New Jersey in 1939 by Theodore Pfaelzer, who sneaked it out of a synagogue in Hemsbach, Germany, following Kristallnacht," in 1938 when hundreds of synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and Jewish-owned shops were destroyed in Germany and Austria.
The torah is being rededicated by Pfaelzer's daughter, Margot Mayer of Lakehurst. "The synagogue building in Hemsbach, Germany is still standing and was restored to its original condition by the German authorities in 1987, including the Mikva, the religious bath, which had not been used in more than a hundred years," Mayer said in the release.
Mayer donated silver ornaments to enhance the scrolls as well as a custom-made cover representing the Tree of Life.
posted by VOS IZ NEIAS @ 4/23/2006 12:05:00 PM
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