 Though the synagogue had undertaken innovations in some areas of Jewish law , it still insisted on strict adherence in others . In 1878 Tinter was dismissed for officiating at the marriage of a Jewish woman and Christian man , and Baith Israel was , for a time , the only congregation in Brooklyn that celebrated Jewish holidays for the traditional two days . In 1889 Baith Israel asserted it was " the only orthodox congregation in the city " , and that year the board forced the resignation of a Mr. J. Folkart , for transgressing the laws of Yom Kippur . In 1892 , when Hyman Rosenberg was expelled as rabbi of Brooklyn 's Beth Jacob synagogue for eating ham , the Brooklyn Eagle canvassed local rabbis for their views on the matter . While George Taubenhaus , rabbi of Beth Elohim stated , " I do not believe my congregation would expel me if I ate ham " , Baith Israel 's rabbi Friedlander responded , " While there are some differences between the reform and orthodox Jews , I do not think it is the place for any Jewish minister to eat ham . The reformers do not so strictly observe the old Mosaic law , but it does not seem to me a good example for a rabbi to set to his congregation . " 
