Minutes, Greensboro Hebrew Congregation [1919]

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Transcribed copy of business meeting minutes of the Greensboro Hebrew Congregation. The minutes discuss the Congregation's dissatisfaction with Rabbi Montague A. Cohen for refusing to officiate a graveside service for Joe Goldstein and the Rabbi's termination. There was a discussion concerning how to deal with financial records with the proposed solution to only have either a Rabbi or a Shochet. October 12, 1919 minutes mention the Gate City Boulevard (formally Lee Street) location had a number of physical problems, and a committee was created to search for a new location to build a new synagogue. The Congregation approved the creation of a War Sufferers' Fund with Proximity and Revolution Mills bidding to contribute $5,000. The December 14, 1919 meeting announced the purchase of the Greene Street campus land for $16,000 with a donation of $1,000 from the landowner. The Cone family promised a donation of $50,000 and the Sternberger family promised to donate $25,000 towards the building of the Greene Street Temple.