Sacred Torah -- Tempe Daily News, May 13, 1978
DateMay 1978
MediumEmulsion on paper
Dimensions5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2001.19.3055
DescriptionRabbi David Pinkwasser dedicated a sacred Torah recently given to Temple Emanuel, the first Jewish synagogue in Tempe. The Holy Scroll was donated to the new congregation by Temple Israel of Wynnfield, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Craig Pearson and family. Dr. Pearson was a former student at Temple Israel and the Torah was passed on to recognize the work in establishing a new synagogue from one generation to the next. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson and nine-year-old Scotty dedicated the Torah.See also 2001.19.3056-57.
The film negative of this photograph is housed in box 2G8-B.
Caption from the Tempe 150th Anniversary exhibit:
Rabbi David Pinkwasser dedicates a Torah donated to Temple Emanuel in May 1978 – this Torah scroll was donated to the Tempe synagogue in honor of the Pearson family (standing on either side of the Rabbi). Formed in 1976, the Temple Emanuel synagogue constructed a permanent home on South Rural Road in the early 1980s.
Status
Not on view
City of Tempe Diversity Department
2014
