Independent Stryjer Benefit Society
Address: 30 East 1st Street, New York, NY
Year Organized: 1886
Associated Towns: Stryy (Ukraine)
Aux Societies: Sick benefit, Charity
Notes: According to the 1907/1908 American Jewish Year Book, the Independent Stryjer Benefit Society was then located at 218 East 2nd Street. According to the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), the Independent Stryjer Benefit Society (F.G.B.J.A.) was a mutual aid society that also maintained a place of worship located at 30 East 1st Street, had been organized in 1886, had a membership of 350, had sick benefit and charity functions, and was associated with a cemetery. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, the Independent Stryjer Benevolent Association (Independent Stryjer Congregation), also known as the Stryjer Congregation of the City of New York, was then located in a brick building it had bought in 1920 at 313 East 10th Street, had been organized in 1886, and was an outgrowth of the Stryjer Lodge No. 65 of the Order Brith Abraham. It had reached its peak membership of over 400 in the middle 1920’s, but then membership then declined due to deaths and the curtailment of immigration.Name: Independent Stryjer Benefit Society
Alternate Name: Independent Stryjer Benevolent Association; Independent Stryjer Congregation; Stryjer Congregation of the City of New York
Address: 30 East 1st Street, New York, NY
Borough: Manhattan
Year Organized: 1886
Associated Towns: Stryy (Ukraine)
Aux Societies: Sick benefit, Charity
Notes: According to the 1907/1908 American Jewish Year Book, the Independent Stryjer Benefit Society was then located at 218 East 2nd Street. According to the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), the Independent Stryjer Benefit Society (F.G.B.J.A.) was a mutual aid society that also maintained a place of worship located at 30 East 1st Street, had been organized in 1886, had a membership of 350, had sick benefit and charity functions, and was associated with a cemetery. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, the Independent Stryjer Benevolent Association (Independent Stryjer Congregation), also known as the Stryjer Congregation of the City of New York, was then located in a brick building it had bought in 1920 at 313 East 10th Street, had been organized in 1886, and was an outgrowth of the Stryjer Lodge No. 65 of the Order Brith Abraham. It had reached its peak membership of over 400 in the middle 1920’s, but then membership then declined due to deaths and the curtailment of immigration.
1907-1908 American Jewish Year Book: Listed
Jewish Communal Register (1917-1918): Listed