“A congregation built on a hat?” You might be thinking, “That’s a funny story for a synagogue”. But it’s true. Congregation Adas B’nai Israel, which you see standing before you, has its roots in a disagreement about a hat. In the summer of 1870, a man named Duber Ginsburg, an immigrant from Marijampolė, Lithuania, was wearing a straw hat to a service. The shul leaders, disapproving of the frivolity, threw him out. So, Duber Ginsburg started his own shul, Ohave Sholom Mariampol, with his friends from his old country. It wasn’t long before the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 drove many homeless Jewish people into their neighborhood, and the membership exploded. The shul got its name Anshe Sholom Congregation in 1892 when the shul merged with Anshe Kalvarier, which had been demolished when 12th Street, now Roosevelt Road, was widened. Anshe Sholom Congregation later became known for having a first-class Rabbi, Abraham Samuel Braude, who served until his death in 1907. It became known as “The Mariampoler Shul”, and unofficially, as “The Straw Hat Shul”.
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