History
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October 1973
The shul was founded. It was originally called Congregation Shalom. Services were held in peoples homes and then in a rented apartment.
Spring 1976
Chofetz Chaim Yeshiva in New York offered financial assistance in exchange for having one of their ordained students as shul Rabbi.
1998
Shul's 25th anniversary and mortgage burning.
April 1st 1974
The shul became Young Israel of Greater Buffalo
Summer 1979
Shul moved from the apartment to the newly constructed building at 105 Maple Road due to continued growth.
October 2023
50 year anniversary!
Shul's Rabbis, Rebbetzins, and Presidents
Listed Sequentially
Rabbi Kalman z’l and Rifke Winter
Rabbi Yirmiyohu and Malka Kaganoff
Rabbi Naftali and Rachel Bernstein
Rabbi Dovid and Rivka z’l Plaut
Rabbi Yirmiya and Miriam Milevsky
Rabbi Moshe and Nechama Taub
Rabbi Jonathan and Lisa Fruchter*
Rabbi Eliezer and Baila Marcus
Rabbi Avi and Devorah Tova Okin
*interim
Judge Avi Weisberger, Initial Shul Chairman and Primary Coordinator
Michael Paskowitz, Esq.
Dr. David E. Maslow
Norman (Meir) Bedziner z’l
Arthur Gellman, Esq.
Dr. Michael Cowen
Michael Paskowitz, Esq.
Richard Berger, Esq.
Michael Paskowitz, Esq.
Richard Berger, Esq.
Robert Gluck