Hurricane Carla Forces Synagogues to Cancel Rosh Hashanah Services in Texas
Hurricane Carla Forces Synagogues to Cancel Rosh Hashanah Services in Texas September 14, 1961 4:00 am Hurricane Carla comes ashore Galveston, Texas, 1961. (Flip Schulke/Getty Images) Advertisement Hurricane Carla, one of the most destructive storms ever to hit the southern United States, knocked out most of the Rosh Hashanah services scheduled by South Texas congregations. The impact of the hurricane on the plans to usher in the Jewish New Year was surveyed for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency by Jim Wisch, editor and publisher of the Texas Jewish Post. New Year servi...
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