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The Kinhenicser Young Men Benefit Society - Incorporated 1889, Document Number 349.

Young Men Kinhenicser Benefit Society - Incorporated 1889, Document Number 703.

Kinhenicher Young Men Benefit Society - Incorporated 1889, Document Number 350/355.

Jehuda-Arje Knihinitzer Unterstützungs Verein - Incorporated 1898, Document Number 548.

First Kinheniczer Reverend Jehuda Arje Sick and Benevolent Society - Incorporated 1903, Document Number 823.

First Kinheniczer Reverend Jehuda Arje Sick and Benevolent Society - Incorporated 1915, Document Number 5185.

Independent Khihyniczer Sick and Benevolent Society - Incorporated 1915, Document Number 5185.

First Consolidated Kinheniczer Reverend Jehuda Arje Sick and Benevolent Association - Incorporated 1915, Document Number 5185.

Erste Kinheniczer Reverend Jehuda Arje Sick and Benevolent Society - Incorporated 1915, Document Number 5185

(Source: https://jgsny.org/index.php/ajhs-incorporation-data-menu)

Source: https://archives.cjh.org/repositories/3/resources/461

In 1939 the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration conducted a survey of all known houses of worship in the United States, both Jewish and non-Jewish. The synagogue listings for New York City are on five rolls of microfilm at the New York City Municipal Archives. They are Microfilm #'s (M.N.) 21318-21322, Roll #'s 319-323. Each synagogue filled out a Synagogue Records Form containing 14 questions. 

Chevra Chesed L'Abraham Chaside Knihynisz  MN 21320.  Roll 321. Form # W-146. Card # 446.

First Knihyniczer Reverend Yehuda Arye K.U.V.  MN 21320. Roll 321. Form # W-147. Card # 648.

(Source: https://jgsny.org/searchable-databases/indexes-to-jewish-organizations/wpa-synagogue-index)

FIRST CONSOLIDATED KNIHYNICZER RABBI JEHUDA ARYE SICK AND BENEVOLENT ASSOC'N

Founded by David Banner and Morris Busgang in 1917.

Last meeting in 1994.

YIVO RG 335.7, Folder 170: Knihynicze. JDC Correspondence concerning the management of the Free Loan Society, 1939. Includes a receipt of the First Consolidated Knigyniczer and Knigyniczer Ladies Auxiliary.  http://yivoarchives.org/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=23261&q=knihynicze


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Aid from Society to Knihyniczers in Israel.

A letter sent in 1966 from Israel Shreier, the president of the Knihyniczer Society in NY, to Leib Rebisch in Israel with instructions to disperse money to several named Knihyniczers in Israel in need.  

36th Annual Banquet of the First Consolidated Knihyniczer Society in 1934 in New York.

Photo provided by Irving Busgang thru Andrea Tzadik.

Link to original size photo or here


Burials at Mt. Zion Cemetery

Image showing location of plots in the burial ground of the First Kniaenicher Rav Jehuda Arye K.U.V.

Burial ground located in Section 11, Block 5, Path 1-D in the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, NY.

Source of spreadsheet information from the website of Mt. Zion Cemetery. Link to Map of Mt. Zion Cemetery grounds.

Drawing of burial plots provided by Irving Busgang.

Link to original size drawing.

Burials at Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, NY.

Images of gravestones have been uploaded to the Knihynicze Montefiore photo album.

Additional information can be found on the website of Montefiore Cemetery

Society burial information at both cemeteries may also be found on the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR).

Knihynicze Society Burials