Delayed by World War II, Temple Beth El celebrated its ​80th anniversary in 1947, rather than in 1944.

Here on stage at the Jewish Community Center on Vine Avenue in a play written by Emilie E. Strasburger depicting a scene from the history of the temple are, from left to right: Zelda Morrison, aunt of Mary Linda Schwarzbart, David Blumberg, who  became international president of B’nai Brith, Linda Strasburger, and Larry Morrison, cousin of Mary Linda Schwarzbart. Linda Strasburger, now Linda Bolt, still lives in Knoxville.

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