1970 Kindergarten Consecration at Temple Beth El

These five youngsters comprised the kindergarten class of Beth El Religious School in the fall of 1970 and were given miniature Torahs at their consecration service that October.  

From left to right, Raymond Brody, Stephen Rosen, Beverly Silverstein, the late Marty Koplan, Michael Roth.
Of this group, only Stephen, an active KJA leader, remains in Knoxville, while Raymond’s parents Robert (Buzz) and Sondra Brody, Beverly Silverstein Geller’s mother Marcie and brother Larry Silverstein, and Marty’s mother Susie Miller and sister Karen Koplan live. 

Thanks to Temple Beth El for the photograph, to Stephen Rosen and Deborah Bush Roberts for their assistance in identifying most of the students, to several others for taking a look at the photo, and to Deborah Roberts and the Temple Beth El Archives for making it possible for the KJA Archivist to track down the identity of Michael Roth, whose family only belonged to TBE for a short period of time (and The Center Menorah, housed in the KJA Archives, which revealed that they joined the AJCC in 1969 and moved to Connecticut in 1971).

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