Every reality begins with a dream.
It was in 1924 that a handful of Jews first met and dreamed of a Synagogue in Kingsbridge. This section had very few Jewish families at that time, but this did not stop them. They named the Synagogue the Jewish Center of Kingsbridge. After ten years, two stores on 233rd Street were rented and named, the Talmud Torah Knesseth Israel. The quarters were poor and they used a pot belly stove for heat.