On Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 7:00 pm The Congregation Sons of Israel (CSI) in collaboration with the Briarcliff Manor Historical Society (BMSHS) gave a presentation on the history of the CSI. Mr. Irwin Kavy presented a comprehensive history of the synagogue. A highlight of the presentation was when Mr. Kavy showed a time capsule that had been found in the building that previously housed the synagogue. He also showed and described the contents. The presentation ended with a lengthy Q&A that provoked an enthusiastic response from the participants.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
2024 Presentations
We have now completed our schedule of presentations (nine in all) for 2024:
“Mr. Law, we need a church”. The stories of the community that made the Briarcliff Congregational Church. Told by Todd Farnsworth, February 7th, 2024, at 1:00pm at the church.
St. Mary’s Church, Scarborough. Presentation given by Howard Dale on the history of St. Mary’s Followed by A Showing of the 1937 Movie: “The Birth of St. Mary’s”. All Saints Episcopal Church Saturday, April 20, 2024
Walter Law from Rugs to Riches. Presentation given by Howard Dale to Rotary, 16 August 2024.
Gardens by Design. Formal and informal garden designs in works by Harold Caparn. Presentation given by Oliver Chamberlain, 2:00pm, September 29 2024, at the Vescio Community Center Briarcliff Manor.
1908 Briarcliff Road Race. Presentation given by Howard Dale, BMSHS to the Croton Friends of History, 7:00pm at the Croton Free Library.
History of the Faith Lutheran Church. Presentation given by Pastor Anthony Karlik, October 26, 2024, at 2:00pm at the Faith Lutheran Brethren Church.
History of the Congregation Sons of Israel. Given by Mr. Irwin Kavy, November 13, 2024, 7:00 pm at the Synagogue.
Croton's Stone Houses. Presentation Marc Cheshire, Croton Village Historian, December 7, 2024, 1-4pm, Vescio Community Center, Briarcliff Manor. Look for a formal announcement.
History of Briarcliff Manor. Presentation given by Howard Dale, BMSHS, December 9 at 2:00, at The Club for Club residents only.
We are presently considering our schedule of presentations for 2025. If there are any topics that you would particularly like to see us cover, please let us know. Please drop by, give us a call at 914.941.4393, or send us an email at mail@briarcliffhistory.org with your ideas/suggestions. We’ll do our best to incorporate them into our schedule.
What’s New on this site in December 2024
For What’s New items from previous months please go to Previous What’s New Items
Added the .pdf version of the Second issue of our email newsletter to the Newsletter page.
Added a new Notebook: The Briarcliff Trophy Race, Part 2: the 1934 Race. Notebook 2024-12.
Updated the home page to feature the video of Mr. Irving Kavy’s presentation on The History of the Congregation Sons of Israel, Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Restructured the Historical Postcards page to make it easier to find items and added 23 additional postcards on Mrs. Dow’s School and Village Bands and Parades. This brings the total number scanned to 62 with many more to come.
Added a new document: Matthias and His Impostures or, the Progress of Fanaticism. Illustrated in the Extraordinary Case of Robert Matthews, and some of his forerunners and disciples to the Important Documents section. It’s an amazing true story of one of Briarcliff Manor’s strangest inhabitants. (Warning: it’s about 350 pages long).
Added a new document: On Our Hill to the Important Documents section. It’s an autobiographical work by Briarcliff resident, Josephine Dascom Bacon, a writer of juvenile mysteries, as well as works dealing with more serious themes. She was also a pioneer in the Girl Scouts Movement (Another long one, over 300 page).
Added a new document to the Important Documents page: Obituary from the New York Times, Walter W. Law, January 19, 1924.
Added a slide show of our latest event: A History of Briarcliff Manor. Presentation given by Howard Dale, BMSHS, December 9 at 2:00, at The Club.