The Community of Pottstown was founded in 1752. From 1882 to 1890, there was a migration of Jews from Russia and Hungary, and a number of families settled in Pottstown. The small Jewish community felt the need for a Synagogue, and in May, 1892, a Charter was granted to a new congregation named "Hessed Shel Emes" (Mercy and Truth). The congregation purchased its first Synagogue building in 1893 on Hale Street. A Talmud Torah was created to teach the children. On February 11, 1924, the Pottstown Section of
the Council of Jewish Women was founded. In 1953, this group affiliated with the Women's League of the United Synagogue of America.

As the Congregation grew, the need arose for a new building and an impressive edifice at High and Warren Streets was dedicated on June 20, 1926. Later, the need for expanded facilities became so great that the Congregation constructed its present facility on over six acres of ground. The building was dedicated on September 9, 1962, and contains a large sanctuary, a chapel, a large auditorium, small auditorium, a library, nine classrooms and offices.

Early, the Congregation was served only by cantors and teachers. In 1927, the Congregation retained the services of Rabbi Maxwell M. Farber, a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary. He was succeeded by Rabbi Abraham Israelitan, also a graduate.of the Seminary.

In 1940, Dr. Emil Schorsch, formerly a Rabbi of Hanover, Germany, assumed the pulpit in Pottstown and remained with the Congregation until his retirement in 1963, when he was succeeded by Rabbi Herman Grossman, who was also a Seminary graduate.

In later years, Chapters of the United Synagogue Youth and Kadimah were formed and are still in existence.

In April, 1989, the Congregation voted to expand women's rights by permitting women to be called to the Torah by counting them for a Minyan.