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The Little Shule That Grew. This is a story about a small group of men and wo who had an ideal and who founded Beth Jacob S : yogue. Hardly eleven years after their first min: they have acquired a sizeable bit of property to rem. into their own Synagogue. By JULIUS PERLINSKI Ben Tesler, president of Beth Jacob Synagogue, has announced the purchase of the Jackson H. Baptist Church property at 475 Boulevard, N. h. It is planned that possession of the building be taken around July 1. There are extensive and essential alterations that are to becompleted however before full occupancy can be made. The purchase price is in the vicinity of $100,000. The Congregation since its relatively recent founding has shown phenomenal growth and activity. Beth Ja cob was incorporated in 1041 by less than ten men — a store on Parkway Drive was then used as a place lor prayer. The first president of the Congregation was Mr M. Gavronski. Continuous growth resulted in the purchase of the present building in August 1044. After the war, the younger men took over the leader ship of the Congregation. From 1045-46, Mr. Ben Gold- den served as president and Mr. Sidney Clein as vice president. In the 1047-40 period, Ike Katz took over the reigns of leadership. Mr. David Katz served as president from 1950-1053 in which time tremendous growth took place. Rabbi Josef Saffra served as the first Rabbi from 1051-1053. It was in this period that the Hebrew and Sunday Schools began. Today they have outgrown the physical capacity of the present building. In 1053, Rabbi Emanuel Feldman became spiritual leader of the Congregation and through his dynamic and resourceful leadership and guidance, further ex pansion evolved. It was in the fall of 1054 that saw the burning of the Synagogue Mortgage, and then plans for a newer and larger building were laid. Chairmen of the fund raising committee are Jack M. Goldberg, Cyrus Polan and Ben Golden. Helping Mr. Tesler in the conduct of the Congrega tion are Mr. Goldberg, Mr. Golden, Marvin Slotin and Louis L. 1 affel, vice presidents; Mr. Polan, treasurer; Seymour Pousner, L. M. Simmons and Julius Perlinski, secretaries; M. Blass, Gabai. Trustees include David Katz, Louis H. Goldstein, Harry Gordon, Jesse Berk, Barney Barnett, Louis Alterman,' Dave Laken, Jack Berchenko, Harry Lehman, Isadore M. Siegel, Harry I. Goodman and Frank Slesnick. The men are not alone in undertaking the purchase of the new property. Spurred on by their incoming presi dent, Mrs. Morris Silver, the Sisterhood has already pledged to raise the sum of $5,000 towards the building fund, through personal donations apart from the money proceeds from their regular fund-raising events. The new administration has also pledged itself to the expan sion of the Beth Jacob Sunday School facilities, especial ly snce the new building affords the great amount of space needed. The Sisterhood officers also include Mrs. Julius Perlinski, Mrs. Emanuel Feldman and Mrs. Louis Taffel, vice presidents. The corps of secretaries include Mrs. Seymour Pousner, Mrs. Harry Davis, Mrs. Harry Braunstein, Mrs. Jack Goldberg, Mrs. Alfred Furst Mrs. Louis Goldstein, Mrs. Carl Shuman, Mrs. Louis Simmons is the new treasurer, Mrs. Charles Berkman her assistant; Mrs. Max Cohen, historian; Mrs. Morris Ween, parliamentarian; Mrs. Morris Silver, advisor. (28) The Southern I