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Excerpts from "Directory of Churches, Missions, and Religious Institutions of Tennessee: Knox County, Knoxville" The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, Work Projects Administration |
JEWISH CONGREGATIONS
| Orthodox | Reform | Institutions |
The Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America
One-hundred and Eighty-sixth St. and Amsterdam Ave.
New York, New York:
William Weiss,
President.
| Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
| Active | Heska Amuna
Congregation 529-31 W. Fifth Ave. |
1890 | Rabbi Joseph Goldberg |
| Defunct | Anshei Sholom
Congregation 400 E. Vine Ave. |
1907-10 | Rabbi Isaac Winick |
| Defunct | Beth Israel
Congregation 143 1/2 S. Gay St. |
1929-38 | Rabbi Morris Herzlich |
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations
34 W. Sixth St.
Cincinatti,
Ohio
Robert P. Goldman, President
Southeast District:
Joseph Levenson, Regional Rabbi and Secretary
| Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
| Active | Beth El Congregation 625-29 W. Vine Ave |
1866 | Rabbi Jerome Mark |
| Defunct | B'nai Yeshurun
Congregation (No regular meeting place) |
1881-86 | No regular rabbi |
Council of Jewish Federation and
Welfare Funds
165 W. Forty-sixth St.
New York, New York
Harry Lurie, Executive
Director
Southern Regional Office
Louis Kaufman, Executive Secretary
| Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
| Active | Federation of Jewish
Charities 621 W. Vine Ave. |
1940 | Max Friedman, President |
Jewish Welfare Board
220 Fifth Ave.
New York,
New York
Lewis Kraft, Executive Director
| Status (1941) | Name & Location of
Church or Institution |
Date Organized | Name of Pastor or Executive (1941) |
| Active | Jewish Community
Center 621 W. Vine Ave. |
1929 | Nathan Rothberg,
Executive Director |
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