This plaque had been in our basement for at least long as I have been attending the Old Broadway Synagogue. Our contractor, Chris Mickalski, recently installed it for us. I had heard that it had been under the fluorescent light fixture on the south wall of the synagogue opposite the bimah, which is where the plaque is now. I believe that the men who are listed on this plaque were associated with Old Broadway (or they had relatives associated with Old Broadway) and who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is hard to believe that Old Broadway had that many young men who attended the synagogue in the 1940s, but I suppose that truth can be stranger than fiction. I hope to transcribe the names and include them in a blog post so that they will be search. If anyone can add information about any of these individuals, please do so in the comments below.
