FAIR,  1895.
 

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THE   CONGREGATION
CHESED.
 

AHAWATH
 

In the year 1846, fifty years ago next Sep¬
tember, a handful of American citizens of
Bohemian origin, imbued with the love of God
 

two houses in Ridge street, near Grand.
Prosperity attended the congregation and its
members. In 1854, the congregation was in¬
corporated under the laws of this State, and
one year later the}^ purchased a house in Co¬
lumbia street, which they transformed into a
 


 

Temple Ahawath Cheseu.
 

and our holy religion, inaugurated the Con¬
gregation Ahawath Chesed. Moving spirits
among them were Bernard Krass, Joseph
Eisner and Ignatz Froehlich. They hired a
place of assembly in I^udlow street, near
Grand.    There this little flock, feeble in num-
 

synagogue. In the year 1863, they bought
the church property, corner of Avenue C and
Fourth street, and this latter continued to be
the place of their devotions until early in the
year 1872.

Scarcely two  years after the congregation
 

bers, but rich in virtue and in hope, worshipped    became installed in the synagogue on Avenue
until   1849,  when they leased the garrets of    C, the Rev. Dr. Adolph Huebsch became its
 

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