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Galilee Methodist Church Fire
In 1958 the Galilee Methodist Church burned down. The building was built in 1916. It was estimated that the damage was equivalent to 25,000 dollars. -
Pictures worth 6 million memories
The article "Pictures worth 6 million memories" discusses an exhibit at the Congregation Ahavath Torah for Yom Hashoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day. The article describes some of the images shown of Holocaust victims. -
Austin, Charles (?-?)
Charles Austin was a staff writer for The Record. He reported on religion. -
Kehilat Kesher
Kehilat Kesher is an Orthodox synagogue in Englewood. Residents from both Englewood and Tenafly attend service. The synagogue was founded in 2000. Starting in 2010, Rabbi Akiva Block has served the synagogue.Tags Religion -
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
The first Young Women's Christian Association was created in 1855 in England. Mary Jane Kinnaird founded the North London Home for nurses who traveled during the Crimean War. It combined with Emma Robarts Prayer Union in 1877 to form the YWCA.
The YWCA of the United States was founded in 1858. It is a nonprofit organization founded in the 1850s dedicated to empowering and supporting women. Current programs fight for racial equality, sexual violence support, health care, and child care. There are also efforts to provide education and job opportunities -
Brooklyn Boys' Work Council Conference, February 20th, 1926
The Brooklyn Boys' Work Council sponsored a conference from February 20th to the 21st in Englewood, New Jersey. It was held in the First Baptist Church of Englewood. -
First Baptist Church of Englewood
The First Baptist Church of Englewood was created in 1893. As more partitioners attended, the church moved to 61 William Street. The current church building was completed and opened on September 18, 1966.
According to the Church, Dr. J. Isaiah Goodman was one of the first pastors who had the church join the Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNCB) and supported the efforts of the Civil Rights Movement. Goodman's Successor, John H. Spencer established a relationship with a church in Nyantanga, Rwanda. The church became the first African-American congregation in the American Baptist Churches of New Jersey (ABCNJ). SonRise House, a transitional home for homeless women and children, was next to the church.Tags Religion -
Shaw, Anna Howard (1847-1919)
Anna Howard Shaw was a leader of the American women's suffrage movement, a physician, and an ordained Methodist minister.
Despite opposition to her preaching, she continued for years, receiving a local preacher's license in 1873. She was rejected in 1880 from the Methodist Episcopal Church but was ordained but the Methodist Protestant Church.
Shaw became heavily involved in the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and eventually the American Woman Suffrage Movement. She was encouraged by Susan B. Anthony to join the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA). Shaw helped to merge the American Woman Suffrage Association and the NWSA into the NAWSA. She opposed militant techniques used by fellow NAWSA members during World War I. She was president until her resignation in 1915.
During the war, she was the head of the Women's Committee of the United States Council of National Defense and was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Service Medal.
Shaw had a thirty-year relationship with her lover, Lucy Elmina Anthony, niece of Susan B. Anthony. Lucy was also a women's rights activist and leader. She served as secretary for both Shaw and Susan B. -
Ahavath Torah
The Congregation Ahavath Torah is an Orthodox synagogue in Englewood. The synagogue was developed first in 1895 and evolved into the Ahavath Torah. In 1911 a location was purchased at 33 Humphery Street. It moved to Englewood Avenue in 1958. According to the synagogue, Rabbi Issac Swift became a leader of the synagogue in 1960 and was succeeded by Rabbi Shmuel Goldin in 1984. Rabbi Chaim Poupko succeeded him in 2017.Tags Religion -
Ebenezer Baptist Church
The Ebenezer Baptist Church began in 1913 under Reverand Samuel Lightfoot. Reverand W. B. Booker was his successor. Reverand Clarence E. Richardson was the church's third pastor and a new church building was constructed on Fourth Street beginning in 1972. The other three pastors of the church were Reverand William Holt Hargrave, Reverand William Marcus Small, and Reverand Jovan T. Davis.Tags Religion