B’NAI MITZVAHDIRECTORY 1860–2006
Kane Street Synagogue compiled a registry of Bar and Bat Mitzvah from Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes and its predecessors Baith Israel and Anshei Emesin commemoration of its 150th Anniversary year. The B’nai Mitzvahregistry includes information such as the name of the child, parents’ name, residence, occupation, dates of school enrollment. The directory is arranged by the year of the Bar or Bat Mitzvah.
1860s – Congration Baith Israel(Boerum Place Synagogue) and Talmud Torah Anshei Emes (Degraw Street)
Herman Ascher Isidor Aschner Amos E. Aschner Frederick B. Aschner Nathan Aschner Jacob Brenner Eight Matthias brothers
1864 – The Sunday school is first organized
1867
Michael Gruschenski (Gru)
1869
Michael Furst
1870s
Abraham Corn Charles Corn Henry Corn Oscar Corn George Gruschenski (Gru) Moses J. Harris Robert M. Lamm
1876 – SS/112 pupils/8 teachers
Bierman Coleman David Harris
1877 – SS/over 150pupils/9 teachers
Abraham Maothur
1878
Ephraim Bass Joseph Krone David Levy Emanuel Levy
1879 – SS/200 students
1880
Isaac Henry George Lehman
1884 – SS/200 students
1885
Emanuel Newman Samuel Phillips Ralph Raphael Henry Shraner ●Nathan Sonnenstrahl
1887
Rudolph Jacobs Louis Kalischer
1888
Hyman Barnett
1889 – In appreciation for 25 years service, the Benay Ysroile Sunday School gives Julius Corn a silver Kiddush cup
Jacob Miller
1890 – SS/160 students
Herman Aschner Isidor Aschner Amos E. Aschner Frederick B. Aschner Nathan Aschner Samuel Alexander Leopold K. Bennett Richard W. Bennett Aaron Levy
1891
Charles Jacobs Henry Levison Benjamin Morris Louis Moses Daniel Newman● Henry Selner Sol Selner Abe Sonnenstrahl
1892
Isidor Bryer Charlie Jacobs Milton Jacobs Leon Kaiser Mark Kaplan Alex Levy Charles Miller Simon Simon
1893 – SS/35-114 with 70 as the average for most years from 1893-1901.
Louis Abraham D.Abrahams I.Abrahams David Alexander Harry Ashman ● M. Ashman Henry Bryer Morris Goldberg David Greenfield Harry Jacobs William Jacobs Louis Philip Solomon Phillips George Sax Solomon Silver
1894
Isidor Anthony Otto Barris Benjamin Bauch Isaac Cohen Abe Galitzky Benjamin Goldberg Mitchell Goldman Samuel Hanover Emanuel Harrison ● Edw. Horowitz Jesse Jacobs Emanuel Marks Benjamin Singer R. Tuck
1895 – SS/42
Benjamin Baransky Philip Bernard Joseph Cohen Morris Hart Fred Horwitz ● Samuel Lehrman Henry Miller Herman Philippstein Michael Raphael Harry White Michael White Julius Wolff
1896
Aaron Bryer A.Goldberg Isaac Goldsmith Max Hartzberg Leonard Jacobs ● Max Kaplan Julius Koshe David Pulvermacher J.Rochman L.Rose Martin Schwart Leon Wolff
1897
H.Anderson Lewis Cohen J.Kirsky Jacob Malatzky Harry Marks ● Joseph Medicus David Michael David Morris Samuel Rose
1898 – The Hebrew Free School Association is organized with Hebrew classes every Monday and Thursday 4-6.
Morris Allerhan Arthur Ash Samuel Barris Louis Bauch Benjamin Berger Henry Bernard Abe Cohen Samuel Cohen Harry Engelberg Willie Friedman Harry Goldman Leon Green Samuel Kramer Elias Lynn John Nelson
David Peyser Joseph Rosenstein Harry Simon Joseph Wenk Isidore White
1899
Samuel Asher Eddie Berger Emmanuel Boyer B.Bryer Jacob Frank Reuben Goldman Solomon Hanover
Morris Harrison George Hart Bruner Hirschson Peter Horn Joseph Kubey Abe Levine Mark Lipmann ● Louis Malatzky Max Metzger Leo F. Phillips Joseph Pulvermacher Samuel Raban Mark Rich Abe Rochmana J.Rosenstein Morris Van Proog
1900
Harry Ash Levi Ashwald Philip Caro Henry Cohen Philip Davidowitz Charlie Davidson Kal Davis David Dominick Reuben Gold Meyer Gullissan ● William Gulhson J.Helichter Joseph Kaufman Charles Kinstlich William Koska Abraham Marks M.Metzner Ron Morris Leon Moses Abraham Rickman Samuel Rosenstein
Sam Simon Ray Spirey Ben Werner L.Wersch
1901
Harris Ash Jacob Ashwald Hyman Eishwald Eddie Hirschson Eddie Horn David Kramer A.Lecokowitz Harry Levy Peter Lowenstein Michael Peyser ● Ed Samuel David Shannon Isidore Van Proog Julius Weinberg Harry Wolff
1902
Joseph Asher Isidor Ashwald Jacob Eishwald Ross Hartman Jacob Kalischer ● William Klein Isidore Klinkowstein Abraham Marks Leon Peltz Theo Pulvermacher Mortie Raban Joseph Scholsky Ricca Spirey
1903
Leon Copland Mortimer Weinberg
1904
Victor Caro Cohen Herman Cooper Harry Ellenstein Robert Morris ● Phillip Pollitz Silver William Tuck
1905 – HS/90Congregation Baith Israel relocates and becomes Harrison Street Synagogue
Benjamin Cohn Phillip Coremors Jerome Lederman Samuel Levy Abraham Plotkin Joseph Rice Herman Rose George Scholsky Harry Sonderling
1906
Jacob Goldstein Abe Kamenetsky Charles Lederer Isaac Miles David Morris ● Hyman Watkins
1907
Charles Bargos William Bargos Harry Basist Samuel Cohen Ralph Copland ● Jesse Epstein Samuel Gorren Grushinesky Julius Kahn Louis Kronman
1908 - Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes is organized at Harrison Street Synagogue
Robert Barko Adler Barney Michael Chernoff Jack Cohn Harry Curley ● Chester Jacobs Benjamin Kronman
Irving Ranker Marcy Schor George Spectorsky Milton Traut Jenne Watkins
1909
Roy Autor Joseph Barko Samuel Bergman Jesse Freund Abraham Goldstein Herman Goldstein Jacob Kahn Oscar Kahn Samuel Levy Morris (Maurice) Salit ● David Sipser Alexander Sowitz Michael Stepner Sydney Wagner
1910
Solomon Brown Abraham Cohn Herbert Cohn Barnett Feinbaum Samuel Freund Meyer Goldman Abe Harris Abraham Hytner Jacob Hytner Michael Hytner David Klein Morris Kronman Leo Leibowitz Harry Leibowitz Hyman Lippman Joseph Morris Alex Rumpler Norman Salit Jerome Traub Morris Trulowitz Sol Weinberg Sylvester Weinberg
1911
Wilber Brown Morris Bruh Sydney Cohen Louis Feldman Milton Feldman● Benjamin Feltzih Jacob Goldman Joseph Goldman Solly Goldstein Robert Goodman Isaac Gordon Morris Jacklowitz Victor Lassowitz Marcy Leibowitz Frank Levy Isador Pollak Benjamin Rabinowitz Jacob Rollnik ● A.Rose Barney Rosenberg Isaac Rosenblum Irving Schor Max Schwartz Hyman Shaffer David Siegel David Stumkopf Louis Stumkopf David Vogal ● Arthur Wagner Lester Welsch Morris Zaritzky Herman Zimmerman ● Sydney Zuckert
1912
Isidor Aarons Mitchel Alexander Louis Baroff Abraham Brody Clarence Cohen ● Isidor Cohen Phillip Diamondstein Drubych Louis Elkies Harold Fink Asa Freidman Adloph Friedman William Friedman Chauncey Goldsmith ● Harry Goldstein Isidore Goldstein Louis Guttman Jacob Kaminetsky Hyman Koenig Monte Lampton Harry Libson Maurie Livingston Harold Marks ● Harold Meyer Abe Pinchek Samuel Salit Schindle H.B.Silverberg Sol Slonisky Sollie Weichselbaum Weinberger David Weinstein William Weiss ● Hamilton Weissman
1913 – SS/357
Julius Auerbach Sidney Bach Jack Barko Ralph Barko Frank Bergman Isador M. Brown Aaron Cohen Jacob Cohen Solomon Cohen Aaron Copland ● Danglo David Diamondstein Samuel Ecker Harry Elkies Emanuel Emmer ● Jacob Emmer Harold Englehardt Jacob Friedman Julius Friedman Murray (Hipman) Gottlieb Edward Heimlich Jacob Ilzkowitz Harry Kissner Henry Kissner Hyman Kissner Simon Krause Moe Lenoble Sidney Levine Joseph Levitzky Harry Luckernick Isidore Luckernick Nathan Mendel Morris Pius Louis Pollack Herbert Rosenblum Max Rosoff William Rubin Samuel Rumpler Harry Saidler Sidney Schindel Isaac Schneinman
Sollie Schraga Arnold Schwartz Emil Schwartz Louis Schwartz Michael Shagraw Samuel Shagraw George Strauss Aaron Tobakman Abraham Tobakman ● Louis Tobakman Emil Weinberg Isaac Wright Frank Yaguda
1914 – 19 confirmed on Shavuoth
Lewis C. Brown Isidore Chernick Harry Cohen Samuel Cohen Hyman Frankel ● Samuel Heitner Frank Jacobs Kronheim George Newman Bernard Newman ● Eli Rosenberg Schindle Israel Schwartz Samuel Senft George Shirotzky Michael Shubinsky Milton Speigel Sidney Speigel Isidore Weissler ● Simeon Yontiff
1915 – HS/100 offers Hebrew instruction to girls for the first time
Nathan Alexander Bassist Bellin B.Heitner J.Heitner Hoffman Kitay Krimmerman Menikoff Nevin Louis Weinberg
1916
J.Ehrlich Feinberg (Friedberg) Goldberg Jerome Kurtz Jacob Newschatz
1917
Jacob Abramson Abraham Baroff Morris Blinder Samuel Bock Abraham Chernick Morris Eber Charles Engelhardt Lester Feldman Emanuel Fox Joseph Freedman Harold Freeman Solomon Garfinkel Milton Graff
Herbert Ginzberg Robert Gurland Samuel Hornik Bernard Jucean Leroy Klapper ● Nathan Konefsky Herman Krause Jacob Lazarowitz Abraham Leibowitz Manuel Leibowitz Samuel Leibowitz Arthur Levitz George Levy
Nathan Lieberman Stanley Lieberman Jacob Lille Gustave Luftglass Abraham Maltick Louis Manmet Solomon Maslin David Panony Herbert Pilatsky Meyer Reich Phillip Reich Max Schorer Noah Schorer Sidney Schwartz Herman Sherman Morris Sherman Harry Sigman Soliswitz Persy Spanier Selig Toback Fred Weinberg David Wiepar Isidore Wiepar Mourse Wolf
1918
Louis Alexander Samuel Benitch David Friedman William Goldberg Harry Greene Hyman Greene Joseph Greene Louis Greene Solomon Harris Daniel Haskell Albert Herman Arthur Herman Herman Hershkowitz
Paul Kessler David Kimmel Jacob Klepeck Irving Krantz Jesse Krauss Perry Leibman Harry Liebeskind Max Marcus Solomon Marcus Isidore Miller Ratner Samuel Rosenstock Harry Rubin Moses Schenick Seymour Schindel Jacob Schloss Julius Schloss Samuel Schor Benjamin Uttal Leonard Windowsky ● William Zindell
1919 – SS/over 300 -18 teachers, HS/125 – 4 teachers
Chester Barko Samuel Beck Benjamin Krause Max Luftglass Jacob Rosenberg Samuel Stein Harold Weisberger Max Wulwick
1920
Max Belsky Samuel Bursuk Chenkin Benjamin Cohen Nathan Feinberg (Feinblatt) Sidney Feinberg (Feinblatt) Benjamin Gitterman Jacob Goldberg David Goldstein Samuel Ingber Herman Itzkowitz Phillip Kahn Harry Kaplan Louis Konefsky Isidore Lille Lincer Hyman Malatzky William Malatzky Jacob Malinsky Aaron Maslin Samuel Maslin Harold Mehlman Edward Michalowitz Meyer Michalowitz Abraham Newman Milton Pickman Samuel Popp Milton Rabinowitz Samuel Reich Jacob Reisman William Ribakoff Abraham Schwartz William Schwartz Arthur Senft Edward Senft Isidore Siegel Samuel Siegel David Sneider Morris (Max) Steinberg
Morton Thaler Morris Toback Aaron Wender Isidore Wender Reuben Wiedre Phillip Wulwick ● Samuel Wulwick Saul Yontiffk
1921
Seymour Barko Jacob Barshaz Julius Beck Philip Beck Daniel Cohen Samuel Dubin David Elias Max Elias Samuel Fried Sidney Garfinkel Joseph Gold Oscar Goldenberg David Haberman Eli Horowitz Jonas Levine
Nathan Levy Louis Malken Arthur Pearl Irving Rader Samuel Robinson George Rosenblatt Benjamin Schwartz Michael Schwartz Solomon Schwartz ● George Silverman Harry Sibner Joseph Snyder Nathan Stern Simon Stern Arnold Taube Phillip Weinbaum Louis Wolf
1922 – SS/300 with PG class, HS/200
Benjamin Baroff Fred Bauch Renwick Bennett Samuel Berger Isidore Berk Phillip Brown Bernard Carp Sidney Dembow Joseph Feig Henry Feinberg (Feinblatt) Louis Friedman Harold Garber Philip Geiger Leo Gilden
Murray Gilden Joseph Glasberg Arthur Goldman Jacob Goldman Louis Goos ● Morris Gordon Irving Gurland Max Isaakowitz Louis Jaffe Milton Kassan Bertram Katz Donald Kern Samuel Konefsky Israel Kopelman Samuel Kopelman Kozodey Krause Laurence Krauss Clement Lazarowitz Meyer Levine Luba Israel Mangel Charles Mehlman Solomon Mehlman Alexander Nadelberg Hyman Newschatz Chester Pickman Chester Plosky Sidney Prussin Victor Rofalowitz Selig Rosenberg Joseph Rosenstock Albert Rudner Schendelman Harold Sibner Isidore Sibner Abraham Simon Louis Singer Johnson Spector Milton Streicher Abraham Suernsfsky Louis Swirsky Harry Title David Waldman Nathan Walfish Samuel Walfish Samuel Weintraub Robert Weiss Sidney Weiss Hyman Wright
1923
Harold Barko Reuben Kaufman Baroff Charles Berger Leon Berk Martin Berman Louis Bernstein Milton Brimberg Nathan Citron Herbert Diamondstein William Diamondstein Jesse Eisen Matthew Eysman Bernard Glickman Abraham Goldstein Israel Goldstein Aaron Hankin Samuel Konefsky Bernard Kurtz Morris Liefer Edwin Michaels Samuel Newschatz Eric Pomeranz ● Harold Rosenbaum Milton Sann Pincus Sann Willard Schlesnger Milton Singer Meyer Stern Harry Stofsky Samuel Unger Leizer Weinstein Charles Wolf
David Zehner
1924
Isadore Amber Abner Aschner Louis Baroff Morris Becker Sidney Beckerman Eugene Berman Monroe Berriman Leo Birdy Meyer Chasnoff Eli Cohen ● Louis Drogin Harry Fein Samuel Fein Joseph Feinberg
Lester Feinstein Louis Frankel Harry Geiger George Graff George Herbst Charles Hershkowitz ● Isidore Jablin Melford Jacob Norman Jaspan Milton Kaufman Samuel Koss Israel Krause Murrray Krenowsky Sydney Lippman Elias Lustig Albert Passes ● Herbert Pickman Bernard Polacsek Irving Reisman Bernard Resnick
Abraham Riemer Charles Riemer Gus Rofalowitz Charles Rosen Edward Rotter ● Herbert Sakowitz Milton Sakowitz Bernard Schein George Schoen Irving Schwimmer Solomon Schwimmer David Shapiro Morris Walfish ● Samuel Weintraub Isidore Zlotnick
1925
Benjamin Adler Joseph Adler Nathan Adler Moses Backer Benjamin Balinsky ● Hyman Barnett Ezra Berman Alexander Brick Richard Carp Nathan Clark ● Alexander Cohen George Cohen Henry Cohen Phillip Cohen
Abraham Coopersmith Sidney Emmer Daniel Feldman Moe Feldstein Marvin Freier Irving Friedman James Friedman Samuel Friedman David Frous Mortimer Garber Leroy Garn Morris Gartenlaub Solomon Goldstein Ned Gottlieb Elias Hankin Oscar Hertz Nathan Hoffman Emanuel Isaakowitz Joseph Jaspan Milton Katz Harry Keifenstein Nathan Koss Walter Kraus Jack Kronenberg Sol Lawres Raymond Lebowitz Harold Levy
Benjamin Libson Herman Libson Albert Liebow Leo Lynn Jack Marcuvitz Nathan Marcuvitz David Maslin Herbert Michaels Philip Miniman Arnold Pollack Max Popiel Harold Rabinowitz William Rabinowitz David Rosalsky Selig Rosenberg Sidney Rosenberg Seymour Rosenfeld Sidney Rudner Philip Schippior Joseph Schoenberg Benjamin Settel Samuel Sibner Irving Siegel Milton Siegel Henry Singer Julius Sklar Sidney Snyder Corsel Strohs Bernard Wattenberg Morris Weinstein ● Herbert Werkstall Milton Wolinsky
1926
Joseph Laub Harry Leifer Isidore Schneiderman
1927 no records– Harrison Street is renamed and the congregation is known as Kane Street Synagogue
1928 no records – HS/62
1929 no records – SS/135 – avg.110
1930
Sigmund Bock Archie Goldberg Sol Goldman ● Benjamin Hoffman Seymour Salem ● Morris Wenig Milton Wolin
1931
Milton Brutten Milton Chasin George Epstein Carroll Friedman Leon Friedman ● Norman Gluss Joseph Goldfarb Sanford Hertz Marvin Jacobs Milton Kifferstein George Kornblau Jack Kronenberg Herman Lampert Seymour Rudner ● Charles Safass Samuel Schoenberg Irving Taxel Leonard Ugelow Abraham Zasloff
1932
Sidney Abrams Sonny (Howard) Fass Gerald Feifer Bernard Gebster Sanford Hertz Milton Hyman Harold Libson Harold Mogin Sidney Neubauer ● Leonard Rosenberg Benjamin Saltzman Seymour Sloves
1933
Isadore Epstein Melvin Gluss Bernard Greenbaum George Kronenberg ● Gerald Landau Lustig Bertram Obrentz Manuel Taxel
1934
Alfred Barkan Murray Blair Jack Edelman Delan Geltes David Glass Laurence Goldman Bernard Heller Matthew Hershman Irving Jaret Abraham Kazansky Myron Morris Albert Socolov Martin Landau Bernard Lustig Smilo Seymour Smith Benjamin Wolin
1935 – SS/100, HS/40
Joseph Cohen Daniel Glass Irving Goldman Howard Lanes Louis Lewitz ● Harold Louis Isadore Minten Leo Mukofsky Morris Pearlmutter Abraham Shapiro Edward Strauss Stanley Taxel Harold Topolsky Irving Weinrib Leonard Werkstall Paul Werkstall Stanley Zaritsky Arnold Zlotoff
1936
Benjamin Byalick Herbert Cohen Edwin Cooperstein Paul Furman Bernard Geltes David Goldman Robert Gurland Samuel Holzer Samuel Lampert Harold Lapolsky Leonard Levy Stanley Lewin Jack Mandelbaum
Marvin Mansfield Richard New Arthur Nudelman Marvin Pearl Jack Pintchik Jack Samuels Stanley Samuels Sidney Schiffman Sidney Semler Arthur Shapiro ● Ernest (Irving) Socolov Henry Strauss
1937
Herbert Fletcher Morris Glick Harold Kutchuk Calvin Rittner Norman Semler Herbert Solomon Stanley Solomon
1938
Morton Bassoff Eugene Friedman Albert Gordon Eugene Heller Seymour Weinrib Joseph Weisman
1939
Alvin Goldberg Jack Mandelbaum Henry Moss Marvin Mansfield Harold Taxel
1940 no records
1941 – SS/75, HS/10
David Beckerman Feingold Marvin Markman Max Rolnik Seymour Rosalsky
1942
Friedman Myron Krackow
1943 – SS/40
Robert Paul Davis Theodore Lehrman Norman Levy
1944
Bernard Dukore Allen Solitair
1945 – SS/30, HS/22
Robert Barcoff
1946 – SS/30, HS/16
Alvin Brodlie Bernard Lieberman Arthur Lowe Stanley Mirsky
1947 – SS/25-76, HS/16-55
Dilan Albert Hirshberg Silverstein Paul Stein Steinmetz
1948 – SS/60-90
Greenberg Karp H. Solomon student from Red Hook project
1949 no records
1950 – SS/29, HS/19
Henry August Stephen Janowitz Raymond Neidleman Joseph Rick
1951 – HS/14
Gerold Goodhartz Howard Gross Joel Karp Melvin Mortman
1952
Arnold Gewritz Phillip Hertz
1953 – SS/7, HS/10
Abuzzo Nathan Gross Saul Koss Sheldon Schwartz
1954 – Combined SS-HS/ 6 (10-15 additional expected). At the end of term, the school closes for a 17-year period.
1969
Matthias Futerman
1970 – 1973 no records – The Prozdor religious school opens for children 6-9. Two classes meet on Sunday mornings 9:30-11. P/20
1974 – P/33
Lang
1975 no records
1976 – Prozdor offers classes for children 5-12. P/30
David Morris Cohen
1977 – Prozdor has three classes for children 5-13 that meet one or two times a week.
Michael Cohen Gary Cutick Dylan Litchman Joel Simon
1978
Jane Abramowitz Claire Finkelstein Robert Rubenstein Daniel Sidman
1979
Lisa Badner Dodie Buxbaum Rebecca (Zhenya) Erlij Katherine Finkelstein ● Mark Granowitter Kaufman Joshua Lebowitz Alissa Simon