The exact date that the congregation initially named Tifereth B’nai Israel was founded is uncertain, but it was in existence by 1897. Organized by Jewish immigrants from Bessarabia, the congregation first met in a private home located near Emerson and Eighth Avenue North. A synagogue was built in 1907 at 910 Emerson Avenue North that remained in use until 1926 when a large brick edifice was erected atop a small hill at 810 Elwood Avenue North. The congregation also changed its name to Tifereth B’nai Jacob (Glory of the Sons of Jacob). This is the only synagogue on the North Side that fulfills the Jewish tradition that the synagogue should be built on the highest land in its neighborhood so its roof towers over that of its neighbors. The congregation has since disbanded, and its building was sold to an African American congregation, Church of God in Christ, that has beautifully maintained it.