I've Always Wondered
What Is the Steckel Torah? Originally Published December 30-31, 2022.

Our member Alan Steckel has generously placed on indefinite loan to Congregation Beth Shalom a sefer Torah which has been in his family for approximately 100 years.  It was commissioned by Alan’s grandparents, Jacob and Hannah Kruger Steckel, on the occasion - family lore has it - of their daughter surviving polio.  It resided at […]

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