37 families agree to constitute a new Reform congregation. Most of the signers had been members of Temple Beth El in Alexandria; others were unaffiliated families looking for a congregation in or near Falls Church. More families will join throughout the summer. These, and the many families that will join before the Temple has its own building, will become known eventually as the Pioneers.
Founding Charter Members
| Joseph and Edith Abramson | Robert and Saralee Hurwitch |
| Morris and Mildred Adelson | Irving and Claire Imburg |
| Joseph and Ida Auerbach | Emanuel and Mae Kintisch |
| Albert and Matilda Baker | Irving and Shirley Kleinfeld |
| Ernest and Anna Bloch | Louis and Dorothy Koffman |
| Dominic and Yetta Bock | Harvey and Barbara Levin |
| Norman and Hilda Brandt | James and Charlotte Linde |
| Joseph and Blanche Cohen | Donald and Sybil Lubin |
| Jules and Marian Cohen | Bernard and Cecile Newburg |
| Ralph and Beatrice Cole | Maurice and Minnie Odoroff |
| Eugene and Carol Davidson | Paul and Jean Pfeiffer |
| Gilbert and Esther Davis | Edward and Lois Proctor |
| Libert and Sara Ehrman | Berton and Nan Rudin |
| Leonard and Beatrice Emmerglick | Philip and Beatrice Rudin |
| Henry and Harriet Epstein | Lazard and Marian Seiff |
| Herman and Ruth Fink | Harold and Ida Silverstein |
| Erna Frankel | Douglas and Claire Tepper |
| C. Ira and Charlotte Funston | Burton and Rose Thorman |
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