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Original Congregants, 1850s - 1950s
A - C
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Rabbis
Aaronson, Moses (1861)
Falk, Joshua (1860s-1870s maggid)
Fried, Yosef (1890s-1910s)
Ohel Yosef
Yudelovitch, Aharon Dovid (1918-1930)
Idelsohn, Rabbi Idel (1930-1943)

Cantors
Minkowsky, Pinhas (1887-1892)
Borenstein, Yechezkel (1892)
Goldshmid, Herlands (1893)
Abelow Kramer, Gotlieb Grohmer (1895)
Abelow, Karelsburg, Yehuda (1896)
Karlesburg, Yehuda Saperstein (1897)
Wilder Manevitch, Abraham (1898-1902)
Stein, Yehuda (1903)
Zanitsky, Elias (1904)
Schechter, Dovid (1905-1906)
Yudelsohn, Yaakov Moshe (1909)
Novikovsky, Pinchas (1912)
Abramson, Chaim Moshe (1914)
Abramson, Chaim Moseh (1915)
Rovner, Zeidel (1916)

Rabbis/maggidim associated with the Eldridge Street Synagogue
Rabbi Jacob Joseph
Rabbi Velvele Margolies
Shokianer Rav
Yezner Rav
Rabbi Yechiel Yechezkel Yehuda Levinsohn
Magid Moshe Mordecai ISrael Rivkind
Magid Benyomin Meir Levy

Congregants
A - C

Abrams, Avroham Tsvi (1891)
Abrams, Michael (1880s) - M
Alexander, Maurice (1892) - N
Alexander, Moshe (1890) - N
Alperin, S. (1920s) - L
Alperstein, Harry (1920s) - L
Arbus, Issac or Yitschok (1889-1909)- M,Z
Aronovsky - D
Aronovsky, Moses (1909) - M, Z
Aronson, Chaim (1891) - N
Asch, Abraham Joseph (1850s) - M
Asharowski, A. (1920s) - L
Asher, J. (1920s) - L
Asher, M. (1920s) - L
Ashman, L. (1920s; 1930s) - L
Ashman, Tsirl (1892) - N
Ashtashanski, H. (1920s) - L
Aster, D. [Alt: Aster] (1920s) - L
Astor, E.M. (1920s) - L
Astor, Mrs. J. [Wife Of E.M.] (1930s) - L
Astow, D. (1920s) - L
Astow, K. I. (1920s) - K
Astrow, M (1920s) - K
Bachrach, Menachem (1892) - N
Bailin, Matisyohu (1910s) - D, Z
Banet, Yaakov Dov (1891) - N
Banet, Yosef (1905-1906) - D, Z
Baranovsky, Shachna (1891) - N
Barnett, I.B. (1880s) - M
Baum, Abba (1880s; 1891) - M, N
Baumgarten, M. (1930s) - L
Baxt, B. (1920s) - L
Baxt, J. (1920s) - L
Bayer, Ch. (1920s) - L
Bayllen, M. (1920s) - L
Becker, B. (1920s) - L
Benjamin, Abraham (1850s) - M
Benpard, Sam (1880s) - M
Benport (1891) - N
Berenhaltz, S. [Alt: Berenholtz] (1920s) - L
Berenstein, A. (1920s) - L
Berenstein, H. (1880s) - M
Berenstein, J. (1920s) - L
Berenstein, M. (1920s) - L
Berenstein, Samuel (1880s) - M
Berenstein, Shmuel (1894; 1900s) - D, N, Z
Berenstein, S. (1920s) - L
Berent, Yaakov (1890) - N
Berezinski, M. (1920s) - L
Berger, Moshe (1891) - N
Bergovski, Avrohom (1890s) - D, N, Z
Berkowitz, Mrs. F.L. (1920s) - L
Berlin, Elizer (1893) - N
Berlin, H. (?) - L
Berlin, Israel (1900s) - D, M, Z
Berlin, K. (1920s) - L
Berlinsky, Eliezer (1890s) - D, N, Z
Berlinski, Shlomo (1893) - N
Berlinsky, J. (1880s) - M
Berlinsky, L. (1880s) - M
Bernstein, Shmuel (1890+) - D, M, Z
Bernstein, Mrs. Zalmen (1893) - N
Betzer, S. (1920s) - L
Beylin, Max (1909) - M
Black, B. [Alt: Blach] (1920s) - L
Black, S.N. (1920s) - L
Blankfort, Yitschok (1890) - N
Bleiberg, Boruch (1891) - N
Bleiberg, Yehuda (1891) - N
Bloch, M. (1920s) - L
Bloom, L. (1920s) - L
Blum, Eliezer Meir (1910s) - D, M, Z
Blum, Hillel (1891) - N
Blum, Louis (1909) - D, M
Blum, S. (1880s) - M
Blum, Shamai Hillel (1880s) - M, N
Blum, Zalmen (1890) - N
Blumberg, B. (1880s) - M
Blumberg, Boruch (1890s) - D, N, Z
Blumberg, Louis (1880s) - M
Blumberg, M. (1880s) - M
Blumberg, S. (1920s) - L
Blumberg, Yehuda (1891) - N
Blumenthal, Benoit (1890) - N
Blumenthal, Moishe Dovid (1890) - N
Boylle, M.S. (1920s) - L
Brand, Mrs. B. (1920s) - L
Braude, S. (1880s) - M
Brauer, I.M. (1921) - L
Braverman, Eliezer (1900s) - D, Z
Brody, Chaim Aaron (1890s) - N
Brodski, Benny (1920s) - L
Brodski, L. (1920s) - L
Brody, B. (1920s) - L
Brody, Henry (1850s) - M
Brody, N. (1920s) - L
Brody, Shmuel Leib (1890s) - N
Broido, Chaim (1892) - N
Broido, Nisn (1892) - N
Broido, Shmuel Leib (1890) - N
Burok, M. (1920s) - L
Cahn, Yehuda Leib (1894) - N
Cantor, Ober (1892) - N
Cashman, Yitschok (1892) - N
Chaleff, J. (1920s) - L
Chaneles, H. (1920s) - L
Chaneles, I. (1931) - L
Charnes, Zev Wolf (1894) - N
Charnoff, Abraham (1920s) - L
Chuck, Henry (1850s) - M
Chuck, Jerahemial (1850s) - M
Clark, Morris (1890) - N
Cohen, A. (1920s) - L
Cohen, A.N. (1920s) - L
Cohen, Chaim Yosef (1910s) - D, Z
Cohen, Charles J. (1920s) - L
Cohen, D. (1920s) - L
Cohen, David (1923) - L
Cohen, Dovid (1890s) - D, N, Z
Cohen, H. (1920s) - L
Cohen, Hyme (1920s) - L
Cohen, Isidor (1930s) - L
Cohen, Isidore (1920s) - L
Cohen, Israel (?) - M
Cohen, Izi (1920s) - L
Cohen, Joseph (1893) - N
Cohen, J.S. (1920s) - L
Cohen, Kalman (?) - L
Cohen, Leib (1850s) - M
Cohen, L. (1920s) - L
Cohen, Mr. & Mrs. Lewis (1920s) - L, Z
Cohen, Louis (1909) - M
Cohen, M. (1890s; 1920s) - D, L
Cohen, Max (1890;1909;1920s)- D, L, M, N
Cohen, Mayer (1920s) - L
Cohen, Meir (1890s) - D, Z
Cohen, Michael (1892) - N
Cohen, Mordechai (1890s) - D, N, Z
Cohen, Mordcha (1923) - L
Cohen, Moshe Leib (1900s) - D, M, Z
Cohen, Nathan (1920s) - L
Cohen, Shmuel (1900s) - D, Z
Cohen, Wolf (1850s) - M
Cohen, Yaakov (1900s) - D, Z
Cohen, Yehuda (1890s) - D, Z
Cohen, Yehuda Leib (1900) - D, Z
Cohen, Yitschok (1894) - N
Cohn, D. (1880s) - M
Cohn, I. (1880s) - M
Cohn, J. (1880s) - M
Cohn, Jos. (1880s)
Cohn, Mickel (1880s) - M

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