Historical Facts about Agudas Achim Synagogue in the Early Years

• We were formerly organized October 4, 1887, becoming the second East European Synagogue in Hartford.
• “Agudas Achim” means “Band of Brothers.”
• First “minhag sfard” synagogue in Hartford
• Members first met in a small building on Front Street. Six years later they moved to 296 Market Street.
• Its first President was Morris Kornfeld. In 1898, Harris Fish was president; 1900 M.S. Ruffkis; 1904-1906 Benjamin Sharfman; 1906 I Stoltz,  and 1907 Moshe Kornfeld.
• On July 24, 1903, a deed was filed with the town clerk by the Hartford Lodge Brith Abraham conveying a buriel plot in Zion Hill Cemetery to the Congregation Agudas Achim.
• As Jews moved to the northwest corner of the city, it made it imperative that a new Agudas Achim Synagogue be constructed in the neighborhood. Thus, we purchased the southwest corner of Greenfield Street. The builsing is estimated to have cost $200,000. Plans were drawn by Berenson and Moses, architects; Morris Juster was designated the builder.
• On the eve of Rosh Hashonah in the Hebrew year 5689, the new synagogue was opened.
• On Sept. 9, 1928 the synagogue was dedicated and the new Torahs were deposited in the beautiful marble Ark.