Housing the fifth largest Judaica collection in North America, Beth Tzedec's Reuben & Helene Dennis Museum opened in 1965 with the acquisition of the extensive Judaica collection of the renowned Jewish historian, Dr. Cecil Roth.  The Roth Collection includes more than a thousand ceremonial objects, including silver Torah ornaments, exceptional ketubbot from around the world, rare Esther scrolls, Chanukah lamps, unique life-cycle objects such as the distinctive Berlin double-seated circumcision chair, and items for the Sabbath, Rosh Ha Shanah, Passover, and the festival of Sukkot. Over the years the museum’s permanent holdings have grown through donations and purchases, bringing the collection to over 1,800 artifacts representing Jewish art and history from ancient times to the present.