Congregation B'nai Abraham/Second Jewish Synagogue

Congregation B'Nai Abraham/
Second Jewish Synagogue

1853 - Present*


High Street & 13th Avenue		Clinton & Shanley Avenues

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Additional Images: 1872 Map of Bank Street building, High Street & 13th Avenue, Clinton & Shanley Avenues ~1930, Clinton & Shanley Avenues 2000 #1, Clinton & Shanley Avenues 2000 #2, Clinton & Shanley Avenues 2003

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The congregation of Temple B'nai Abraham was organized in 1853 by Orthodox members of Newark's first congregation, B'nai Jeshurun. It was named after Abraham Newman. Most of its members were from Posan, Poland. By 1924, the congregation had moved into its seventh and final Newark home (see image) on Clinton and Shanley Avenues in Newark's Clinton Hill section.

Originally it was Orthodox, with separate seating for men and women with no organ or choir. Eventually, this synagogue followed the Conservative ritual.

The building was unique among the numerous Newark synagogues in that it had, in addition to the Sanctuary, a large number of classrooms, a gymnasium, a combination auditorium/lecture hall, and a swimming pool. For much of its life, it was a hub of Jewish spiritual activities in the Clinton Hill section of Newark.

*In 1973, Temple B'nai Abraham moved to its present home in Livingston.

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Reverend	From	To
Edward Rubin	1861	1861
Mr. Schriar	1862	1864
Isaac Schwarz	1864	1866
Moses Blumenthal	1866	1868
Isaac Stempel	1868	1870
Isador Kalish	1870	1874
M. H. Neuhut	1875	1880
P. Callen	1880	1882
A. Loeb	1882	1892
Adolph Bernstein	1892	1895
Joseph Segal	1895	1897
Jacob Goldstein	1897	1900
Max Groman	1900	1901
M.G. Solomon	1901	1902
Julius Silberfeld	1902	1939
Joachim Prinz (off site)	July, 1939	1977
Barry Friedman	1976	1999
Clifford M. Kulwin	1999	Present

Address	From	To
25 Academy Street	1857	1866
Union Hall, 154 Market Street	1867	1869
55, 65 Bank Street	1870	1883
177 Halsey Street	1884	1889
226 Washington Street n. Market Street	1890	1897
High Street c. 13th Avenue	1897	1923
Clinton & Shanley Avenues	1924	1973

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FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG: Eightieth birthday and tenth new building anniversary celebration : Congregation B'Nai Abraham, Newark, New Jersey