 The synagogue nearly failed in the early 20th century , but the 1905 hiring of Israel Goldfarb as rabbi , the purchase of its current buildings , and the 1908 merger with Talmud Torah Anshei Emes re @-@ invigorated the congregation . The famous composer Aaron Copland celebrated his Bar Mitzvah there in 1913 , and long @-@ time Goldman Sachs head Sidney Weinberg was married there in 1920 . 
