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As we gather for meetings or take advantage of the recreational facilities in our building, it is worth taking some time to look back at how this facility came into being and some of the people that make the Jewish Community Center of Dutchess County what it is today. It all began with the formation of a children's Hebrew School in 1916. After World War I, a YMHA was organized. Another group called the Amicas, was formed by a group of returning Jewish servicemen, who met in a building on Mill Street with a basketball court and a small room for social gatherings. In 1923, there was sufficient interest in a Jewish Center that by the third meeting in October the Hebrew School Building was too small for the 200 people attending. The pressure for more space led to the renting of Rutherford Hall, in the Fallkill Building at the corner of Main & Washington Streets where there would be more room for dances & lectures. On October 30, the Poughkeepsie Jewish Community Center was incorporated. The temporary Board of Governors included: George Albert, Rose Ratner, Mat Willing, Minnie Weisberger, Mrs. Sam Effron, Anna Levine, Sam Effron, Harry Friedlander, Mark Eisner, Dr. Charles Hoffman, Henry A. Jacobs, Irving Van Kleef, Morris Goralnick, Joseph Schlacter, Jack Siegel, Mrs. L. Smith, Bernard Urgang, Arthur Spencer, Harold Jacobs, Sam Berlin, Morris Effron, Harry Wolpe and Mrs. Jacob Effron. Sam Berlin was chairman of this building committee, assisted by Harry Wolpe, Dr. Harry Maltz, Mrs. Sam Berlin, Herman Bloom, Mrs. B. Rose, Mrs. Charles Effron, Albert Krakower, and Mrs. S. Kahn. The Center had a good deal of enthusiasm, but no professional leadership at this time. The building provided meeting rooms, but little else for the needs of the community. In 1929 funds were first raised at Yom Kippur drives in the various congregations for the support of the Hebrew school. The community was able to boast of a Jewish Dramatic Club which was a source of entertainment for many functions of the Jewish Center. In the mid-1920's ...

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