On September 15, 1886 the Chebra Machsika Ishiwas Eitz Chaim was incorporated in the City of New York by a group a laymen and Rabbis. Purpose of the school, as described in the certificate of incorporation, was to instruct Jewish boys in the "Sacred Scriptures, the Talmud, and the Hebrew Language and Literature" as well as providing instruction in "reading, writing, and speaking the English Language."[3]
The founding board was composed of the following people: Julius D. Bernstein (President), Morris Bernstein (First Vice President), Moses Heller (Second Vice President), Falk Berman (Treasurer), Louis Shapiro (Secretary), Elias Ratkowsky (First Trustee), Louis Siegelstein (Second Trustee), Rachmiel Witman (Third Trustee), Baruch P. Liberman (Fourth Trustee).
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