New York City Jewish congregational and benevolent association records

Lanzuter Benevolent Association, formerly the “Society of Lanzut Jewry in New York,” was founded in 1889 by Jewish immigrants from Łańcut, Poland, who established themselves in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Congregation Bnei Jacob Anshei Brzezan (“Sons of Jacob, People of Brzezan”), established in 1893 by immigrants from Brzeżany in Southeast Galicia (formerly Austria-Hungary, then Poland, now Ukraine. The synagogue, known today as the Stanton Street Shul (or Synagogue), was located at 180 Stanton Street in 1913, and it still serves the Jews of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Congregation Bnai Joseph Degel Macheneh Ephraim (D.M.E.) was formed through the 1926 merger of two earlier societies: Bnai Joseph Anshei Rymanow (Sons of Joseph, People of Rymanow, organized from 1900 to 1926 and located at 435 East Houston Street) and the Blazower Chevra Degel Macheneh Ephraim, both founded by immigrants from, respectively, Rymanów and Błażowa in southeastern Poland. The unified congregation served Jews from these Galician communities and was active on the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Kreitzburger-Jacobstadter Benevolent Association was founded in 1918 by Jewish immigrants from Krustpils, Latvia, and remained in existence until its dissolution in 1977. First Yonov-Podolier Benevolent Association represented Jewish immigrants from the Podolia region of southwestern Ukraine, part of a broader network of Podolier landsmanshaftn in New York.