First Brodier Bnai Brith Congregation
Address: 195 East 7th Street, New York, NY
Year Organized: 1888
Associated Towns: Brody (Ukraine)
Aux Societies: Sick Benefit, Free Loan, Insurance
Notes: According to the 1907/1908 American Jewish Year Book, the congregation was then known as the Congregation Bene Brith, First Brodyer and was located at 90 Clinton Street, an address noted as “Grand Central Palace”. According to the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), it was then known as the First Broder B’nai Brith Association, was then located at 209 East 2nd Avenue, and had been organized in 1897. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, however, the congregation was then known as the First Brodier Bnai Brith Congregation or in English the First Brodier People’s Alliance, and had been organized by 20 men from Brody, Poland (now Ukraine), with its first meeting on May 27, 1888, at the home of its first president, S. Weikselbaum, 36 Clinton Street, following which it met at 328 Houston Street from 1890 to 1922. In 1939, it was located at 195 East 7th Street. There is no mention of 90 Clinton Street or East 2nd Avenue locations.Name: First Brodier Bnai Brith Congregation
Alternate Name: First Brodyer Bnai Brith Congregation; First Broder B’nai Brith Association; Congregation Bene Brith, First Brodyer; First Brodier People’s Alliance
Address: 195 East 7th Street, New York, NY
Borough: Manhattan
Type: Orthodox
Year Organized: 1888
Year Established: 1922
Associated Towns: Brody (Ukraine)
Aux Societies: Sick Benefit, Free Loan, Insurance
Notes: According to the 1907/1908 American Jewish Year Book, the congregation was then known as the Congregation Bene Brith, First Brodyer and was located at 90 Clinton Street, an address noted as “Grand Central Palace”. According to the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), it was then known as the First Broder B’nai Brith Association, was then located at 209 East 2nd Avenue, and had been organized in 1897. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, however, the congregation was then known as the First Brodier Bnai Brith Congregation or in English the First Brodier People’s Alliance, and had been organized by 20 men from Brody, Poland (now Ukraine), with its first meeting on May 27, 1888, at the home of its first president, S. Weikselbaum, 36 Clinton Street, following which it met at 328 Houston Street from 1890 to 1922. In 1939, it was located at 195 East 7th Street. There is no mention of 90 Clinton Street or East 2nd Avenue locations.
1907-1908 American Jewish Year Book: Listed
Jewish Communal Register (1917-1918): Listed