Emunath Israel, Congregation
Address: 236 West 23 Street, New York, NY 10011
Year Organized: 1863
Aux Societies: Sisterhood
Notes: According to the 1900/1901 American Jewish Year Book, Congregation Emuno Israel was then located at 301 West 29th Street. In the 1907/1908 American Jewish Year Book, Emunath Israel was still located at 301 West 29th Street. According to the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), Congregation Emunath Israel was organized in 1863 and was still located at 301 West 29th Street. It was an orthodox congregation and had 80 members and a seating capacity of 400. It had a sisterhood and was associated with a cemetery. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, Congregation Emunath Israel, known in English as Faith of Israel, was organized in 1865 and rented quarters at 301 West 29th Street from 1865 to 1920 when it converted a brick church at 236 West 23rd Street to the synagogue which it occupied through 1939. It is now also known as the Chelsea Shul.Name: Emunath Israel, Congregation
Alternate Name: Emuno Israel, Congregation; Faith of Israel
Address: 236 West 23 Street, New York, NY 10011
Borough: Manhattan
Active Congregation: https://www.jgradsnyc.org/
Type: Orthodox
Year Organized: 1863
Year Established: 1920
Aux Societies: Sisterhood
Notes: According to the 1900/1901 American Jewish Year Book, Congregation Emuno Israel was then located at 301 West 29th Street. In the 1907/1908 American Jewish Year Book, Emunath Israel was still located at 301 West 29th Street. According to the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), Congregation Emunath Israel was organized in 1863 and was still located at 301 West 29th Street. It was an orthodox congregation and had 80 members and a seating capacity of 400. It had a sisterhood and was associated with a cemetery. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, Congregation Emunath Israel, known in English as Faith of Israel, was organized in 1865 and rented quarters at 301 West 29th Street from 1865 to 1920 when it converted a brick church at 236 West 23rd Street to the synagogue which it occupied through 1939. It is now also known as the Chelsea Shul.
1900-1901 American Jewish Year Book: Listed
1907-1908 American Jewish Year Book: Listed
Jewish Communal Register (1917-1918): Listed