AHAVE SHOLEM

[Jewish Congregation of Hudson]

HUDSON,

  COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK

By Captain Franklin Ellis¹⁴⁵

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    This congregation was incorporated May 21, 1868.  Their synagogue, a brick edifice located on Diamond street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, was built in 1870, at a cost of $8000, and has seating capacity for about one hundred and twenty-five persons.

     The present officers of the congregation are:  President, Julius Solomon, Vice-President, Joseph Segall, Secretary, Nathan Dosenheim; Treasurer, Mary Sylvester; Trustees, M. Harris, G. Greenthal.

     The congregation now numbers about twenty members.  Their last leader was the Rev. Isaac Rosenthal.