Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-20

The plot has a frontage of 98 feet
on High street and a depth of 226 feet
on Waverly avenue and 299'feet on the
north side running to Quitman street,
with an alley IA feet in width. The
corner plot, which has a frontage of
SO feet by a depth of about $50 feet. is
vacant, and the adjoining plot has
upon it the homestead of the late Philip
N. Jackson, which is at the present
time occupied by the Mazda Club. the
members being identified with the Gen.
eral Electric Company of Harrison.
For some time B'nai Jeshurun, the
oldest and largest Jewish congregation
in the State of New Jersey, and rank
ing among the largest in the United
States, has been looking for a suitable
site for it's proposed new structure. In
the judgment of the members and many
friends of the congregation the location
selected is an ideal one.
Three Reasons Prompt Change.
The change of location from Wash
ington inc William streets, where the
present edifice, which is now offered
for sale, has been located since 1868, to
the High street and Waverly venue
property, has been prompted by three
reasons. First, the present site is in a
district which is rapidly becoming a
commercial centre. Secondly, the men,
bers of the Congregation B'nai
~Jeshurun, who formerly lived within a
short distance of the temple, have
moved into Clinton Hill and adjacent
sections, from which the property on
High street is easily reached. Thirdly,
B'nai Jeshurun, by reason of its COM
manding position in the Jewish COM
munity Of Newark, needs a larger
building to accommodate its many
worshippers. The present structure,
with a seating capacity of 1900, is far
too small to provide space for the many
Jewish people whose views of religion
and life are reform or progressive.
While plans have not yet been drawn
for the new structure. it Is estimated
that it will be large enough to hold at
least 1000 seats.
It is the intention of the minister OF
the congregation, Rabbi Solomon Fos-
ter, to make the temple a centre of
Jewish interests in the city of Newark.
A large schoolhouse with ample quar-
tiers for meetings of all kinds will be
open for the use of the people.
Trustees Among Ctty's PrORrcssffcs.
The members of the board of trustees
of the temple are among the most pro-
gressive men in the city, and it is their
hope and intention to guide the congre-
cation in the future, as in the past,
to be an influence for good in religion,
as well as in the higher civic and edu-
c%ational life of the'great city in which
it is located.
The officers and members of the
board of trustees arc: Philip Linden1an
president Joseph Goetz, vice-president;
Meier Newman, Aaron Meyer, Louis
Plaut, Louis S~chlesinger, Nathaniel
King, Nathan ]. Steiner. Abraham
Metzger, William Mendel, Selig Scheuei
and Jacob Roth.
The congregation maintains a re
ligious school, in which are enrolled
1926 children. 1t has a corps of thirteen
trained teachers. under the superinten-
Gence of Rabbi Solomon Foster ano
Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Leucht,
The sale of the new site was effected
through the Offices of Louis Schlesin'
ger, incorporated, and the considera'
ton was $4,000.