Yellow fever epidemics in the 1870s affected the congregation's leadership; its rabbi, Ferdinand Sarner, died in 1878, and Jacob Peres died in 1879.
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Their new congregation, guided by Rabbi Jacob Peres, who had been B'nai Israel's first rabbi, was committed to maintaining the "minhag Polen" (traditions of the Polish Jews).
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The congregation is known for its annual Kosher barbecue competition, reportedly the first such Kosher competition in the world.
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