Englewood Makes History

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  • The Youn Men's Hebrew Association is a social service organization that supports Jewish communities by providing a number of cultural, educational, and recreational services. The first organization to be established under this name was in Baltimore Maryland in 1851. It…
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  • Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses is a Christian church in Englewood. The first Kingdom Hall opened in 1939 on North Van Brunt Street. By 1948, it had moved to Engle Street and then moved again in 1963 to West Palisade Avenue.
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  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church was organized in 1865. The first church building was finished in 1866. The second church building was finished in 1899. The Parish House was completed in 1916. The east side addition was built in 1922. The first priest was Ozi William Whitaker.
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  • St. Anthony's Orthodox Church was the first Pan-Orthodox Parish in North America. In 1956 Mitchell Moore, Theodore Maloof, Abraham G. Debs, George Shamyer, Edward Deeb, Alex Sahadi, and George A. Hatab started the mission. They began the congregation at St. Paul's Episcopal…
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  • The Church of God in Christ is a Christian church in Englewood. The church has had numerous spiritual leaders including Reverand C.C. Chapman. Steven Schwartz is one of the most recent pastors. One of the church's structures was created on October 18, 1934.

  • The Mehfil-e-Shahe-Khorasan is a mosque in Englewood. It was established in 1975. The original building caught fire in 1978.
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  • The First Presbyterian Church was the first church in Englewood and the first of its denomination in Bergen County. The congregation began in 1859 and met at John M. Deuel's schoolhouse. A chapel was completed on March 25, 1860. The first pastor was Reverand James…
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  • The Hebrew Men's Association was founded in 1935 by the  Congregation Ahavath Torah at the Englewood Synagogue located on Englewood Avenue.
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  • 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.
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