The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-29
HOW MUCB FIVE DOLLARS MEANS.
I1re and Death and Burial and Religious
and lAtigIOus Opportunity.

The latest development in n dispute in
the Congregation Anshe Bukor kolem, at
l22 Columbia street. came last Friday when
Justice Dayton In the Supreme Court signed
an order for the congregation to show cause
why II should not reinstate Elias l.. Dene-
mark Of 400 Fast Houston street to member
ship.
Denemark is a presser in a tailor shop
at sos Bowery. He is about 70 years old
and has a wife and three children. There
was a fourth child. Harry. a sickly boy
about a year and u half old. This child
was ailing most Of its short life A tailor's
presser earns perhaps %. perhaps 81 a week.
That doesn't 20 far Ia sickness when there
are Ave healthy mouths to feed and the
landlord to reckon with. Denemark called
upon the congregation TO help him pay for
medical attendance. Five dollars was what
he asked for. IL was voted. he says.
Before money can be paid out. however.
there is some red tape TO be unrolled. The
president must issue an order on the finan-
cial secretary. Denemark did not get the
money and two weeks later he brought up
the matter again.
This meeting happened to be the semi
annual election Of officers. The president,
Jacob Kirschner, was a candidate for re-
election. Peretz Silberbogen. who has a
lace and dry goods store at I73 Division
avenue. Brooklyn, wanted the place. The
strife was sharp and bitter. At its close
Silberbogen was declared elected. Even
then the friends OF the retiring president
alleged that the election had been fraudu-
lent and that he majority OF the honest
votes had been cast for Kirschner.
Denemark had supported the retiring
and the new president, Silberbogen, took
the chair Denemark asked about that IS.
Silberbogen,. the presser says. refused to
sign the order. Denemark protested and
thereupon, according to Denemark and his
friends, the president fined him S.. Dene-
mark protested again. alleging that the
heaviest fine possible under the bylaws
was 20 rents. Silberbogen then suspended
him. according to the affidavits attached to
the petition. without a hearing or a vote
OF the congregation. Denemark paid his
quarterly dues. s.. Is, and went home.
The preeser's sick child die on July "a.
Denemark went TO Silberbogen and asked
that the body be buried. He says burial
was refused on the ground that the preeser
was no longer a member. SO the father
went to the Chesed Shell Zines, or Jewish
free burial society. This society said il
could not bury the child because the presser
was a member of a congregation. which
ought to bury the children OF It's members.
Meanwhile the small body lay in the tene-
ment
At last the father sought out another
Polish congregation. the There's Israel
Ansche Polin IL buried the child, the
father paying the expenses. about Si5.
Then Denemark got a lawyer. Sophie Mayer,
and the order to show cause was obtained.
The order il made returnable July 81 in
Special Term, Part l., OF the Supreme Court.
The congregation considers itself quite
wealthy. for it has three Scrolls Of Moses
which cost SIS apiece. The controversy
has already split the society into i've
groups.