Oliff, Charlie

Charlie Oliff Soundex Code O410

Charlie Oliff was one of the original members of B'nai Zion. He moved to the suburbs in 1956 and joined another synagogue for a decade or so, but in 1972, he came back to B'nai Zion and was active for more than 30 years. He was there at the end when the temple merged with another Conservative synagogue, Congregation Shaare Tikvah. The resulting congregation is now known as Congregation Shaare Tikvah B'nai Zion, and a majority of B'nai Zion's 80 member families became members of the merged congregation located at 5800 N. Kimball Avenue.