 Rabinowitz resigned in indignation in May 1912 , stating the trustees did not live up to the terms of his contract , after Herman Heisman , chairman of the synagogue 's board of trustees , hired an assistant rabbi , whose services Rabinowitz objected to . Rabinowitz purchased for $ 50 @,@ 000 ( today $ 1 @,@ 230 @,@ 000 ) a church building at South 5th Street and Marcy Avenue , and started his own synagogue there . His first Saturday services had an attendance of 1 @,@ 200 , a third of whom were his former congregants , and he stated that " his flock " would soon join him . 
