Jericho Lodge No. 44
The Jewish Encyclopedia
of Western Pennsylvania
A project of the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center
District Lodge No. 3 of the Independent Order of B’nai B’rith was established in Philadelphia in 1856. It eventually came to include lodges in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The first lodge in the western half of the district was Jericho Lodge No. 44, established in Pittsburgh in 1862. The region eventually grew to include as many as 92 lodges in approximately 60 cities and towns throughout Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The accompanying spreadsheet lists the names, numbers and locations of those lodges, as well as information about their installation and closing dates and notes about mergers and name changes.
NAME
NUMBER
INSTALLED
CLOSED
Abraham Lippman Lodge
No. 672
9/29/10
1921
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
consolidated into Pittsburgh Lodge No. 44
CITATIONS
Criterion 1910-10-07
Ahavath Sholem Lodge
No. 160
05/30/1871
after 1906
LOCATION
Corry, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
"Proceedings of District Grand Lodge No. 3, I. O. B. B.," (1885); "Proceedings of District Grand Lodge No. 3, I. O. B. B.," (1885); The Occident, Dec. 1866; Feldman, "The Jewish Experience"; History of Erie County (1884); Criterion 10-12-1906
Aliquippa Lodge
No. 1125
1929
after 1969
LOCATION
Aliquippa, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
1998.0246; Criterion 1969-12-04
Allegheny Valley Lodge
No. 1233
1935-1939
after 1992
LOCATION
New Kensington, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
-
Altoona Lodge
No. 2465
1962-1964
after 1992
LOCATION
Altoona, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Chronicle 1992-05-21
Ambridge Lodge
No. 1198
by 1935
after 1959
LOCATION
Ambridge, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1935-07-12; 1959-02-06
Beaver Valley Lodge
No. 777
10/10/15
after 1992
LOCATION
"the entireÉ Beaver Valley"
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1915-10-01; Chronicle 1992-03-26
Beckley Lodge
No. 1360
4/3/39
after 1958
LOCATION
Beckley, W. Va.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Shinedling
Birmingham Lodge
No. 619
1/20/07
after 1910
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa. (South Side)
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1/25/1907; Criterion 1910-03-18
Bluefield Lodge
No. 617
1906
unknown
LOCATION
Bluefield, W. Va.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Shindeling; Chronicle 1987-07-30
Bluefield-Princeton Lodge
No. 967
1923
after 1987
LOCATION
Bluefield, W. Va., Princeton, W. Va.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Shindeling
Braddock Lodge
No. 516
1901
1972
LOCATION
Braddock, Pa.
NOTES
merged with Israel Lodge
CITATIONS
Criterion 1902-07-25; Chronicle 1972-06-08
Bradford Lodge
No. 745
1915
after 1970
LOCATION
Bradford, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
-
Brownsville Lodge
unknown
by 1947
after 1949
LOCATION
Brownsville, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1947-12-12; Criterion 1948-08-20
Canonsburg Lodge
No. 1323
1/15/39
after 1949
LOCATION
Canonsburg, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Outlook 1939-03-10; Outlook 1949-01-07
Carnegie Lodge
No. 1344
3/12/39
unknown
LOCATION
Carnegie, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1939-03-17
Charleroi Lodge
No. 639
6/28/08
by 1915
LOCATION
Charleroi, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1908-06-19
Charleston Lodge
No. 788
10/15/16
after 1990
LOCATION
Charleston, W. Va.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1916-10-20; Chronicle 1990-09-27
Clairton Lodge
unknown
5/26/47
after 1954
LOCATION
Clairton, Pa.
NOTES
included members from Elizabeth, Pa.
CITATIONS
Criterion 1947-05-23; Outlook 1954-07-02
Clarion Lodge
unknown
by 1970
unknown
LOCATION
Clarion, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
-
Clarksburg Lodge
No. 727
1915
after 1980
LOCATION
Clarksburg, W. Va.
NOTES
also known as Louis Hiller Lodge; later merged with Fairmont
CITATIONS
Criterion 1917-06-08; Outlook 1959-04-03; Chronicle 1980-04-10
Connellsville Lodge
No. 508
1901
before 1916
LOCATION
Connellsville, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Feldman, "The Jewish Experience"
Connellsville Lodge
No. 801
1916-1917
by 1939
LOCATION
Connellsville, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 3.15.1918
David Cohen Lodge
unknown
6/6/20
after 1970
LOCATION
Oil City, Pa.
NOTES
originally Oil City Lodge, changed name after 1949; included members from Titusville and Franklin
CITATIONS
Criterion, 1920-06-11
David Holzner Lodge
No. 653
by 1910
unknown
LOCATION
unknown
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1910-02-10
Donora Lodge
No. 640
7/19/08
by 1915
LOCATION
Donora, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1908-07-17
Dr. Eli Goldstein Lodge
No. 2973
1/21/75
after 1999
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Chronicle 1975-01-16; Chronicle 1999-09-16
DuBois Lodge
No. 1225
April 26, 1936
after 1988
LOCATION
DuBois, Pa.
NOTES
included members from Punxsutawney
CITATIONS
Criterion 1949-01-14; Chronicle 1988-11-10; Chronicle 1968-12-05; Burning of the Mortgage book
Duquesne Lodge
No. 652
by 1910
by 1919
LOCATION
Duquesne, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1910-02-10
Eleazer Katz Lodge
unknown
by 1947
after 1948
LOCATION
Jeannette, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Outlook 1947-12-26; Criterion 1948-06-11
Ellwood City Lodge
No. 638
5/30/08
after 1990
LOCATION
Ellwood City, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion, 1908-06-05; Chronicle 1990-08-16
Fairmont Lodge
No. 726
by Oct 1915
after 1961
LOCATION
Fairmont, W. Va.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1916-07-28; Criterion 1961-02-10
Fayette Lodge
No. 471
5/12/1898
after 2002
LOCATION
Uniontown, Pa.
NOTES
originally Uniontown Lodge, changed name before 1980; also known as Lt. Arnold Bree Lodhe
CITATIONS
The Menorah (Vol. 24); Outlook 1947-12-05
Freedom Lodge
No. 559
1901-1903
after 2002
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
may have been two separate lodges using same name
CITATIONS
-
Gateway Lodge
No. 1997
1954
after 1997
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1954-07-02; Chronicle 1997-04-24
Golden Triangle Lodge
No. 1768
9/12/48
after 2001
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
"mainly of young men under the age of 28 years"
CITATIONS
Criterion 1948-09-17; Chronicle 2001-04-12
Herman Fineberg Lodge
No. 2158
10/20/57
c. 1984
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
10th lodge in Pittsburgh Council, later merged with Israel Lodge
CITATIONS
Outlook 1957-10-18
Herman L. Cooper Lodge
No. 615
1906
after 1949
LOCATION
Wheeling, W. Va.
NOTES
originally Wheeling Lodge, changed name in 1948
CITATIONS
Criterion, 11/5/1948; Outlook 1949-05-27
Homestead Lodge
No. 586
12/11/04
1930s
LOCATION
Homestead, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Homestead Hebrews
Huntington Lodge
No. 795
1916
after 1993
LOCATION
Huntington, W. Va.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Criterion 1917-06-08; Criterion 1921-06-10; Chronicle 1993-07-08
Ibn Gabirol Lodge
No. 114
11/22/1868
after 1919
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
originally held meetings in German
CITATIONS
"Proceedings of District Grand Lodge No. 3, I. O. B. B.," (1885); ÒThe BÕnai BÕrith in Allegheny County,Ó Jewish Criterion, Jan. 28, 1898, p. 11; Criterion, 02/28/1919
Indiana Lodge
unknown
by 1947
after 1986
LOCATION
Indiana, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Outlook 1947-12-26; Chronicle 1986-03-13
Iron City Lodge
No. 324
01/1881
12/11/12
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
merged into Abraham Lippman Lodge
CITATIONS
"Proceedings of District Grand Lodge No. 3, I. O. B. B.," (1885); ÒThe BÕnai BÕrith in Allegheny County,Ó Jewish Criterion, Jan. 28, 1898, p. 11; Criterion 12/13/1912
Isaac Kantor Lodge
unknown
by 1947
after 1970
LOCATION
Phillipsburg, Pa.; Clearfield, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Outlook 1947-12-19
Isadore Sobel Lodge
No. 620
1907
after 1977
LOCATION
Erie, Pa.
NOTES
originally Erie Lodge, changed name by 1941
CITATIONS
Criterion 1907-03-08; Criterion 1941-12-12; Chronicle 1977-09-22
Israel Lodge
No. 1821
5/24/50
c. 1984
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
began meeting 1949; later merged with Herman Fineberg Lodge
CITATIONS
Outlook 1949-06-17; Outlook 1950-05-19
Israel-Herman Fineberg Lodge
No. 1821
by 1984
after 1997
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
Chronicle 05/31/1984; Chronicle 1988-04-28; Chronicle 1997-04-24
Jacob Goldstein Lodge
No. 1400
before 1941
after 1970
LOCATION
Titusville, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
-
Jericho Lodge
No. 44
12/22/1862
1921
LOCATION
Pittsburgh, Pa.
NOTES
consolidated into Pittsburgh Lodge No. 44
CITATIONS
"Proceedings of District Grand Lodge No. 3, I. O. B. B.," (1885); “The B’nai B’rith in Allegheny County,” Jewish Criterion, Jan. 28, 1898, p. 11 (online).
Johnstown Lodge
No. 2264
1957-1962
after 1996
LOCATION
Johnstown, Pa.
NOTES
-
CITATIONS
AJA MS-900; Chronicle 1996-02-29