Massas Benjamin Anshe Podhajce (Sick Benefit Society)
Address: 121 Delancey Street, New York, NY 10002
Year Organized: 1895
Associated Towns: Pidhaytsi (Ukraine)
Notes: Subsequently, this congregation was located at 151 Suffolk Street, 125 Rivington Street, Attorney Street (address unspecified), 66 Clinton, and 108 East 1st Street. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, "in 1895, the country men of Podhajce & Kosove, of what was Galicia... united into a soc. org. under name of "Kaiser Franz Joseph Sick & Benevolent Society. There were disputes as to priority of names of the 2 towns with the org. & finally 7 members broke away... to form their own cong..."Cong. Massas Benjamin, Anshei Podhajce Sick & Ben. Society." This org. is the mother of two others which broke away: (1) Cong. Rodelph Sholom Independent Podhajce Sick Benefit Soc org. 1900; (2) "First United Podhajcer Cong." org. 1903."Name: Massas Benjamin Anshe Podhajce (Sick Benefit Society)
Alternate Name: Gift of Rabbi Benjamin People of Podhajce
Address: 121 Delancey Street, New York, NY 10002
Borough: Manhattan
Year Organized: 1895
Year Established: 1895
Associated Towns: Pidhaytsi (Ukraine)
Notes: Subsequently, this congregation was located at 151 Suffolk Street, 125 Rivington Street, Attorney Street (address unspecified), 66 Clinton, and 108 East 1st Street. According to the 1939 WPA Survey, "in 1895, the country men of Podhajce & Kosove, of what was Galicia... united into a soc. org. under name of "Kaiser Franz Joseph Sick & Benevolent Society. There were disputes as to priority of names of the 2 towns with the org. & finally 7 members broke away... to form their own cong..."Cong. Massas Benjamin, Anshei Podhajce Sick & Ben. Society." This org. is the mother of two others which broke away: (1) Cong. Rodelph Sholom Independent Podhajce Sick Benefit Soc org. 1900; (2) "First United Podhajcer Cong." org. 1903."