Achai Grodno V’Anshei Sapotin, Congregation
Address: 80 Forsyth Street, New York, NY 10002
Year Organized: 1914
Associated Towns: Hrodna (Belarus), Sapotskin (Belarus)
Aux Societies: Free loan, Study
Notes: According to the 1939 WPA Survey, this congregation was known as Congregation Achai Grodno V’Anshei Sapotin or in English Brothers of Grodno and Men of Sapotin. It was then located at 121 Ludlow Street. It was said to have been organized in 1914. The narrative notes state that the congregation was organized as Congregation Achai Grodno in 1893 and had merged with Congregation Anshei Sapotin in 1914. It had previously been located on Hester Street from 1893 to 1900, on Orchard Street near Broome Street from 1900 to 1910, at the corner of Hester and Orchard Streets from 1910 to 1918, at 87 Eldridge Street from 1919 to 1923, and at 80 Forsyth Street from 1923 until 1939. It was associated with Mount Judah, Washington, and Beth David cemeteries. According to the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), this congregation was then known as Chevrah Achei Grodno V’anshei Staputkin. It was located at 87 Eldridge Street, was Orthodox, had been organized in 1892, had a membership of 80 and a seating capacity of 350, was associated with free loan and study societies and with a cemetery, and employed a rabbi.Name: Achai Grodno V’Anshei Sapotin, Congregation
Alternate Name: Brothers of Grodno and Men of Sapotin; Chevrah Achei Grodno V’anshei Staputkin; Congregation Achei Grodno V’anshei Staputkin
Address: 80 Forsyth Street, New York, NY 10002
Borough: Manhattan
Type: Orthodox
Year Organized: 1914
Year Established: 1923
Associated Towns: Hrodna (Belarus), Sapotskin (Belarus)
Aux Societies: Free loan, Study
Notes: According to the 1939 WPA Survey, this congregation was known as Congregation Achai Grodno V’Anshei Sapotin or in English Brothers of Grodno and Men of Sapotin. It was then located at 121 Ludlow Street. It was said to have been organized in 1914. The narrative notes state that the congregation was organized as Congregation Achai Grodno in 1893 and had merged with Congregation Anshei Sapotin in 1914. It had previously been located on Hester Street from 1893 to 1900, on Orchard Street near Broome Street from 1900 to 1910, at the corner of Hester and Orchard Streets from 1910 to 1918, at 87 Eldridge Street from 1919 to 1923, and at 80 Forsyth Street from 1923 until 1939. It was associated with Mount Judah, Washington, and Beth David cemeteries. According to the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), this congregation was then known as Chevrah Achei Grodno V’anshei Staputkin. It was located at 87 Eldridge Street, was Orthodox, had been organized in 1892, had a membership of 80 and a seating capacity of 350, was associated with free loan and study societies and with a cemetery, and employed a rabbi.
Jewish Communal Register (1917-1918): Listed