american congregations: preserving & disposing of material culture

When an old synagogue downsizes, what do you do with all its stuff
https://www.jta.org/2018/09/05/news-opinion/when-an-old-synagogue-downsizes-what-do-you-do-with-all-its-stuff

Sept 5, 2018 (Alanna E. Cooper).  ERIE, Pa (JTA) - There was some debate about putting the old synagogue building up for sale and moving to a new, smaller building, but not much.  When a major pipe burst. . . 
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A Rust Belt synagogue 'runs out of people' and gathers to bury its past
https://www.jta.org/2018/01/04/news-opinion/united-states/a-rust-belt-synagogue-runs-out-of-people-and-gathers-to-bury-its-past​

Jan 4, 2018 (Alanna E. Cooper). NEW CASTLE, Pa. (JTA) - It was a frigid 10 degrees on Sunday, the last day of 2017, but some 20 people gathered at Congregation Tifereth Israel's cemetery......