The Congregation Habonim was founded in 1939 by German-Jewish immigrants who fled

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persecution. The founding

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was Hugo Hahn and his son-in-law Bernard Cohn.History of Habonim. Congregation Habonim. Retrieved 22 April 2013 from The current building was completed in 1958. It is located on the

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External links

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Carol Kahn Strauss Family Collection
at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. This collection includes a series of documents on the Congregation Habonim, including bulletins, newspaper clippings, and copies of several anniversary journals.

References

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