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Congregation B’nai Jeshurun : CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN CENTENNIAL JUBILEE BANQUET: THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1925, KISLEV 10, 5666, HOTEL ASTOR, NEW YORK. ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN

[New York]: [The Congregation?], 1925

First edition. Original, beautifully illustrated boards. 4to. 24 pages, 27 cm. In English. Souvenir plaque mounted on front cover which reads: One hundredth anniversary, 1825-1925, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New York. "Since its founding in 1825, during the presidency of John Quincy Adams, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun has been a leading force in New York Jewry and has been closely involved in the civic and national communities. The 32 synagogue founders were a group of mostly Ashkenazic members of the Spanish-Portuguese Congregation Shearith Israel in Lower Manhattan. They wished to “promote the strict keeping of their faith, ” to introduce “less formal worship with time set aside for explanations and instruction, without a permanent leader, and with no distinctions made among the members, ” and to conduct services “according to German and Polish minhag [custom]. The spirit that moved these founders was the spirit of the American Revolution: democracy, freedom, diversity, informality, and non-elitism. " (B'nai Jeshurun, 2016) . SUBJECTS: Synagogues -- New York (State) -- New York. Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. CHR 1925. PRO Margolis, Max (label) Jews. Synagogues. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide. Cover lightly faded. Very Good Condition. (AMR-47-30) xx

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