 Membership has fluctuated from 78 in 1900, approximately 1500 during World War II, about 375 after World War II, to 200 in 1999.The congregation was fewer than 80 people .Established in 1870, the congregation's first two "ministers" (rabbis) were Reverend Joseph Chotzner (serving from 1870 to 1880 and 1892 to 1897) and Rev.