Rauh Jewish Archives
part of the Senator John Heinz History Center
Generation to Generation: family stories drawn from the Rauh Jewish Archives
Rodef Shalom Congregation in Charleroi, Pa. was established as early as 1914 and chartered in late 1924. The congregation built a synagogue on Washington Avenue in 1926 and used the building until 1967, when the congregation merged with Congregation Kneseth Israel in nearby Monessen, Pa.