19th century Chizuk Amuno was founded in Baltimore on April 1, 1871, formed through a split from the "Green Street synagogue"the
Baltimore Hebrew Congregationwho resigned in protest of reforms made to the traditional services, based on
Jewish customs and practice.
Lloyd Street In 1876, the congregation moved into its first permanent home of distinctive
Gothic Revival design, the old
Chizuk Amuno Synagogue on Lloyd Street. Friedenwald remained Orthodox all his life, but after his death, JTS and JPS became affiliated with the nascent
Conservative movement, and the synagogue became a founding member of USCJ.
20th century to the present In 1920, the synagogue gained both a new rabbi, Rabbi Adolph Coblenz, and moved once again uptown to a building on
Eutaw Place. After Rabbi Israel M. Goldman began his tenure at Chizuk Amuno in 1948, plans were begun to move the congregation to a "
suburban campus...to house a Social Center, School Building, and
Sanctuary." The new synagogue was located on previously undeveloped land in the northwest
suburb of
Pikesville in
Baltimore County and was in use by the 1960s. In 1980, Rabbi Joel H. Zaiman became the congregation's rabbi. Under Zaiman, both Chizuk Amuno's youth and adult
education would be expanded and the congregation doubled in size to 1,400 families during the 23 years of his leadership. In 1981, a
Solomon Schechter Day School (today called Krieger Schechter) was opened in conjunction with the congregation. In addition to founding schools, Chizuk Amuno also emphasized
Gemilut Hasadim or "acts of loving kindness" in serving city communities during Zaiman's rabbinate. These programs, such as mentoring high school students, continue to the present day. ==Notable people==