When Congregation Achduth Vesholom celebrates its 160th anniversary Sunday, it will be with a piece of its 19th-century Jewish past brought back to it by modern technology. The item is an engraved, golden-topped walking stick, presented by the congregation to its founder, that had been languishing in a Philadelphia-area man’s estate. The tale worthy of PBS’ “History Detectives” began with an e-mail that arrived at the synagogue’s office in April, says Beth Zweig, of Fort Wayne, the congregation’s president and celebration coordinator.

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