Massas Benjamin Anshe Podhajce (Sick Benefit Society)
Address: 151 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, 10002
Year Organized: 1895
Associated Towns: Pidhaytsi (Ukraine)
Notes: Previously, this congregation was located at 121 Delancey Street; subsequently, it was located at 125 Rivington Street, Attorney Street (address unspecified), 66 Clinton, and 108 East 1st Street. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, "in 1895, the country men of Podhajce & Kosove, of what was Galicia... united into a soc. org. under name of "Kaiser Franz Joseph Sick & Benevolent Society. There were disputes as to priority of names of the 2 towns with the org. & finally 7 members broke away... to form their own cong..."Cong. Massas Benjamin, Anshei Podhajce Sick & Ben. Society." This org. is the mother of two others which broke away: (1) Cong. Rodelph Sholom Independent Podhajce Sick Benefit Soc org. 1900; (2) "First United Podhajcer Cong." org. 1903."Name: Massas Benjamin Anshe Podhajce (Sick Benefit Society)
Alternate Name: Gift of Rabbi Benjamin People of Podhajce
Address: 151 Suffolk Street, New York, NY, 10002
Borough: Manhattan
Year Organized: 1895
Associated Towns: Pidhaytsi (Ukraine)
Notes: Previously, this congregation was located at 121 Delancey Street; subsequently, it was located at 125 Rivington Street, Attorney Street (address unspecified), 66 Clinton, and 108 East 1st Street. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, "in 1895, the country men of Podhajce & Kosove, of what was Galicia... united into a soc. org. under name of "Kaiser Franz Joseph Sick & Benevolent Society. There were disputes as to priority of names of the 2 towns with the org. & finally 7 members broke away... to form their own cong..."Cong. Massas Benjamin, Anshei Podhajce Sick & Ben. Society." This org. is the mother of two others which broke away: (1) Cong. Rodelph Sholom Independent Podhajce Sick Benefit Soc org. 1900; (2) "First United Podhajcer Cong." org. 1903."