Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

found: Eightieth anniversary, 1936:cover (Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, 236 Kane Street, Brooklyn, New York)

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found: Wikipedia viewed, August 21, 2012:(Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, 236 Kane Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, United States) " More commonly known as the Kane Street Synagogue, is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue located at 236 Kane Street in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It is currently the oldest continuously operating synagogue in Brooklyn...Founded as Baith Israel in 1856, the congregation constructed the first synagogue on Long Island, and hired Aaron Wise for his first rabbinical position in the United States. Early tensions between traditionalists and reformers led to the latter forming Congregation Beth Elohim, a Reform synagogue, in 1861.The synagogue nearly failed in the early 20th century, but the 1905 hiring of Israel Goldfarb as rabbi, the purchase of its current buildings, and the 1908 merger with Talmud Torah Anshei Emes re-invigorated the congregation. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Baith_Israel_Anshei_Emes

found: Kane Street Synagogue, Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes viewed, August 21, 2012:(Kane Street Synagogue, Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes, 236 Kane Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231) "Historically known as The Mother Synagogue of Brooklyn, Kane Street Synagogue is the oldest Jewish Congregation that still serves the Brooklyn neighborhood in which it was founded...In 1855, before establishing the Congregation, several Baith Israel founders organized the United Brethren Society, which provided its members with medical care, funeral benefits, a plot and tombstone. Within a year Brethren leaders and others incorporated Congregation Baith Israel, rented space for a synagogue at 155 Atlantic Street...By 1862 Baith Israel erected the historic Boerum Place Synagogue at the corner of State Street and Boerum Place near Brooklyn City Hall. This was the first building in Brooklyn to be built as a synagogue couldn't agree on customs." - http://kanestreet.org/