Evening journal., 1907-08-17
LAY CORNERSTONE
OF SYNAGOGUE
Rabbi IsidOre ROSenthaI to be
Orator at Adas-KOdeSh
Ceremonies

All is in readiness for the laying Of
the corner stone Of the new synagogue
Of the Adas Kodesh congregation at
Sixth and French streets at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. and should the
weather prove favorable the exercises
will be most elaborate. Distinguished
visiting Hebrews will again carry out
the ancient religious forms Of the faith.
as applied to similar occasions, the like
of which has never before been seen
here.
The public is invited to attend to-
morrow's ceremonies, and it is espec-
tally desired that Gentle shall be pres
ent at this event IN the progress Of
the Jewish residents of Wilmington
The synagogue when finished, VIII
be the only one in the city. It will be an
imposing structure of brick and gran
ite, surmounted by three steeples,
adorned by colored windows and viii
cost 100000
The Afternoon Program.
The exercises tomorrow will be pre-
sided over by Louis TOpkis as chair
man, and j. II. Gordon, Nathan Mil
Ter, Louis Singer, Alex Hirschman, an
Morris Chaiken.
The opening prayer will be offered
by the Rev Hyman Rezits. Rabbi
Nathan Brenner will then deliver an
address in English and will be fol-
lowed by Rabbi Isidore Rosenthal Of
Lancaster, who will deliver the dedi-
catory address The Rev. Philip Kosut
will conclude the exercises with prayer
In the corner stone will be placed a
history of the synagogue organization,
a list of its officers and members, con-
stitution and bylaws, names Of the
architect, builder and building commit
tee, copies of newspapers Of the city,
a set of coins of the United States,
/ list of officers of the United States,
State Of Delaware and city of Whining
ton, and histories of the Jewish organ
inti0ns of the city. The latter will
be inscribed on parchment scrolls.
! Previous to the exercises the authori-
ties of the synagogue and the congre-
cation will meet at Third and King
streets at 2.30 j. m, and march in a
body to the new synagogue. There
will be singing by trained voices
Local History of the Faith.
The first Jewish worship was
conducted in this city in 1881 in
the second story of No. 211 Market
street in which fifteen families partici-
pated. The Rabbi was Simon Faber,
a brother of Jacob Faber The Mont
| fore Mutual Beneficial Association was
the first Jewish association in the city
whose members worshipped at the
Market street hall They bought a
cemetery at Fifth and Hawley streets
! in 1881. They were reformed and not
Orthodox. In 1885 there was a division
and the Orthodox members or Adas-
I kodesh congregation went by them
selves. They met in different halls up
to 1898, when they bought a cemetery
at Lombardy, and also acquired the
Zion German Lutheran Church prop
erty at Sixth and French streets, on the
site of which the new synagogue is now
being erected.
! The officers of. the church corporation
are j. Lichtenbaum, president; b. Ber-
ger, vice-president; NJ. Stone, treas
urer; B. Haddelman, recording secre-
tary and B. Gluckman, financial secre-
tary.
The trustees are: Louis ToplSis,
chairman; Charles Schagrin. Ph. Slom-
sky, Max ,Abramson, Isaac Cooper, sex
ton, NJ. Gross, a. Frank. S. Spire.
The building committee: Louis Top
lxis, chairman; Alb. Tollin, vice-chair-
man; Joseph Lichtenbaum; treasurer;
1. b. Finklestein, secretary; David l..
Topkis, Charles Schagrin. NJ. Altman,
George Wintner, A. Frank. B. Berger,
l.. Reches, NJ. Keil b. c. Goldstein. NJ.
Stone, L. Leshem.
In the evening Rabbi Rosenthal, who
is one of the most prominent Hebrews
in the country, and a former president
of the Independent order of Bnai Birth
viii deliver an address in the hall at
Third and Market streets
Plans for the synagogue were drawn
by j. and M. Kennedy Brothers. local
architects. who are supervising the
erection of the edifice.