But the thought of losing Worcester's oldest standing synagogue rallied Vibram Five Fingers Sprint throughout Central Massachusetts and - with the approach of Rosh Hashana at sundown tomorrow - there's now a glimmer of hope that the High Holy Days will be celebrated for generations to come in the three-story yellow brick house of worship on upper Pleasant Street. "At the end of the day, we might not be able to save it, but we're certainly Manolo Blahnik Shoes to give it the old college try," said Bernie Rotman, a member of a committee working to ensure that the Shaarai Torah West congregation continues to call the 12,516-square-foot building home. The structure was constructed in 1936 by the Conservative Beth Israel congregation. The membership of Shaarai Torah West took Christian Louboutin Boots over in 1959, when the members of Beth Israel built a newer facility on Jamesbury Drive off Salisbury Street. At the time, many in the city's Orthodox Jewish community had moved to neighborhoods to the west of Park Avenue, and its leadership felt that a synagogue on Pleasant Street would meet its needs. However, Christian Louboutin Pumps membership at Shaarai Torah West has dwindled over the past few years, and the congregation experienced financial difficulties. At the time the building was put on the market, only about 50 families regularly attended. "This is the oldest functioning synagogue in the city and people were concerned that it would disappear," said Mr. Rotman, the vice president of Rotmans furniture store.
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