Bne Izchok Anshe Lechowitz, Congregation
Address: 105 Hester Street, New York, NY 10002
Year Organized: 1889
Associated Towns: Lyakhavichy (Belarus)
Aux Societies: Sick Benefit, Insurance, Free Loan, Study
Notes: In the 1900/1901 American Jewish Year Book, it was known as Congregation Bne Izchok Anshe Lechowitz, was said to have been organized in 1892, and was located at 105 Hester Street. The information regarding Washington Cemetery is from this source. In the 1907/1908 American Jewish Year Book, it was known as Bene Yitzchok Anshe Lechowitz, was said to have been organized in 1892, and was located at 93 Hester Street. In the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), it was known as Congregation B'nai Isaac Anshei Lechowitz, and the society information is from that source. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, it was then known as Congregation Bnei Isaac Anshei Lechowitz or in English, Sons of Isaac, People of Lechowitz,, was located at 217 Henry Street, but had been organized in 1889 by people from Lechowitz, Russia, had rented quarters at 3 Bayard Street from 1889 to 1892, and was located at 105 Hester Street from 1892 to 1898 (obviously incorrect end date, since it was still at 105 Hester in the 1900/1901 American Jewish Year Book) and at 93 Hester Street from 1889 to 1931, when it rented quarters of the first floor of a four-story brick building at 217 Henry Street dedicated in 1929. The full cemetery information is from this source.Name: Bne Izchok Anshe Lechowitz, Congregation
Alternate Name: Bene Yitzchok Anshe Lechowitz; Congregation B'nai Isaac Anshei Lechowitz; Congregation B'nai Isaac Anshei Lechowitz; Congregation Bnei Isaac Anshei Lechowitz; Sons of Isaac, People of Lechowitz
Address: 105 Hester Street, New York, NY 10002
Borough: Manhattan
Type: Orthodox
Year Organized: 1889
Year Established: 1892
Associated Towns: Lyakhavichy (Belarus)
Aux Societies: Sick Benefit, Insurance, Free Loan, Study
Notes: In the 1900/1901 American Jewish Year Book, it was known as Congregation Bne Izchok Anshe Lechowitz, was said to have been organized in 1892, and was located at 105 Hester Street. The information regarding Washington Cemetery is from this source. In the 1907/1908 American Jewish Year Book, it was known as Bene Yitzchok Anshe Lechowitz, was said to have been organized in 1892, and was located at 93 Hester Street. In the Jewish Communal Register (1917/1918), it was known as Congregation B'nai Isaac Anshei Lechowitz, and the society information is from that source. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, it was then known as Congregation Bnei Isaac Anshei Lechowitz or in English, Sons of Isaac, People of Lechowitz,, was located at 217 Henry Street, but had been organized in 1889 by people from Lechowitz, Russia, had rented quarters at 3 Bayard Street from 1889 to 1892, and was located at 105 Hester Street from 1892 to 1898 (obviously incorrect end date, since it was still at 105 Hester in the 1900/1901 American Jewish Year Book) and at 93 Hester Street from 1889 to 1931, when it rented quarters of the first floor of a four-story brick building at 217 Henry Street dedicated in 1929. The full cemetery information is from this source.
1900-1901 American Jewish Year Book: Listed
1907-1908 American Jewish Year Book: Listed
Jewish Communal Register (1917-1918): Listed