Englewood Makes History

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  • The Catholic Daughters of America was founded in 1903 by John E. Carberry and the Knights of Columbus as a charitable sorority for catholic women.
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  • The Knights of Columbus, founded in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, was created as a Catholic mutual aid society at a time when Catholic immigrants faced discrimination and economic insecurity. Combining insurance benefits, fraternity, patriotism,…
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  • The Catholic Daughters of America was a Charitable sorority for catholic women. The Court Madonna No. 258 Branch in Englewood was founded in 1915.
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  • The Sisterhood of the Congregation Ahavath Torah is an organization that organizes events and fundraising for their community. 
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  • Myron Gross was a spiritual leader and businessman. He was a member of the Congregation Ahavath Torah. He was the vice president of the Pioneer Paper Company of North Bergen
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  • Nathan Goldberg was a spiritual leader. He lived in Englewood for fifty-two years. He was one of the founders of the Congregation Ahavath Torah. He had a wife, Frieda. He had four children, Edna Grusky, Lillian Dorf, Molly Khan, and Louis.
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  • Bessie Lebson was a religious activist. She was one of the founders of the Congregation Ahavath Torah. She lived in Englewood for over fifty years and married Michael Lebson. She had five sons, Jacob M., Samuel, Abram A., Dr. Isadore W., and David.
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  • Wolf Gold born Zev Krawczynski was a spiritual leader. He studied at Mir yeshiva and Lida at Yeshiva Torah Vo'Da'as. He was ordained at seventeen and moved to the United States a year later. He served at multiple synagogues across the United States. He founded the Williamsburg…
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  • Moshe Gold was a spiritual leader. He was the Rabbi at Ahavath Torah for seven years until his passing. His father was Zev "Wold Gold" Krawczynski.
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  • Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and one of the most influential leaders of the modern civil rights movement. His national leadership began in December 1955 during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and continued until his assassination in April 1968. King is best known for…
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