1914 festival image.

ID: 718 ~ Source: Courtesy North Adams Public Library.
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1914 festival image.

Moses is depicted as part of the festival held to celebrate the opening of the Mohawk Trail in 1914.

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By Emma Bayle
The first group of Jewish immigrants came to North Adams in 1867, but there are no written records of their religious activities. Newspaper accounts do suggest that Jewish High Holiday services started as early as 1888. The first synagogue was built…