 The sisterhood had grown to 42 members by 1913 ; that year 11 men were accepted as new congregants , including " a dentist , an optician , a druggist , a lawyer , a butler and two store owners and a roofer " — in general , middle class occupations . Baith Israel Anshei Emes also became one of the charter members of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in 1913 , with Michael <unk> , who had been synagogue president in 1906 , serving as the congregation 's delegate , and he , Rabbi Goldfarb and another synagogue member , Isaac Applebaum , were among the 22 individuals who initially founded the organization . 
