Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes

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Baith Israel Anshei Emes
Hebrew: בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת
Synagogue sanctuary
Religion
AffiliationConservative Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
LeadershipRabbi Michelle Dardashti[1]
StatusActive
Location
Location236 Kane Street, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
CountryUnited States
Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes is located in New York City
Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes
Location in Brooklyn, New York City
Geographic coordinates40°41′08″N 73°59′43″W / 40.68556°N 73.99528°W / 40.68556; -73.99528
Architecture
TypeSynagogue
StyleRomanesque Revival
Date established1856 (as a congregation)
Completed1855; 169 years ago (1855)
Specifications
Direction of façadeNorth-east
Capacity864 worshippers
Website
kanestreet.org
[2][3][4][5]

Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes

oldest continuously operating synagogue in Brooklyn.[7][8]

Founded as Baith Israel in 1856,

Congregation Beth Elohim, a Reform synagogue, in 1861.[11]

The synagogue nearly failed in the early 20th century,

Bar Mitzvah there in 1913,[13] and long-time Goldman Sachs head Sidney Weinberg was married there in 1920.[14][15]

Membership peaked in the 1920s, but with the onset of the Great Depression declined steadily, and by the 1970s the congregation could no longer afford to heat the sanctuary.[16][17] Membership has recovered since that low point; the congregation renovated its school/community center in 2004, and in 2008 embarked on a million-dollar capital campaign to renovate the sanctuary.[18][19]

19th century

Origins

Twelve

Reverend M. Gershon[22] as cantor (the person who leads the prayers),[23] they first met in various homes, then rented space at 155 Atlantic Street, now Atlantic Avenue.[11][24]

Gershon's appointment was controversial; after a background check, the board decided by a 10–9 vote on April 6, 1856, that he had never held the position of cantor in any other congregation, and was therefore not "sufficiently acquainted with the actual requirements to fill said office", and was furthermore not "a competent reader enough to

Jewish holidays, when a professional cantor would be brought in from Manhattan.[26]

An 1886

South Ferry (ferry)), that the Atlantic Street synagogue's location, so close to the ferry terminus, "must have seemed convenient to many", and that "[f]erry service was fast, frequent and inexpensive ... In the year 1869 there were almost 52 million passengers." Thus, in her view, the story of the founders growing tired of rowing across the East River is a "folk tale".[29]

Attempts at reform and amalgamation, construction of first synagogue

In the congregation's early years, tensions existed between traditionalists and reformers, and in 1861, 41 of the latter left Baith Israel to form the

Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom.[21]

In 1862, the remaining 35 members purchased two lots at the corner of State Street and Boerum Place in

consecrated on August 31 by Alexander and assembled dignitaries.[2][30] The synagogue, which came to be known as the Boerum Schule, created a Sunday school soon afterwards,[31] the first in Brooklyn,[32] and at the time, an innovation.[2] The school was free, and run by volunteers, with separate classes for boys and girls.[21] By 1890 the school had 160 students,[32] and at its peak the school had 500 pupils.[2]

In 1869 reformers again left Baith Israel, and, joining with dissenters from Kahal Kodesh Beth Elohim of

Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations) until the 1940s.[21]

Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Manhattan.[38]

Building renovations, failed mergers, traditionalism

In 1876, the congregation voted by a margin of over two to one to re-orient the synagogue pews in the manner of Christian churches, and introduce mixed seating. However, nothing was done about this until 1879, when the renovations were carried out: the front pews were removed, the side pews extended to the walls, and the vestibule moved outside the sanctuary. Led by rabbi Dr. E. M. Myers, the synagogue was re-dedicated on September 7.[39]

In April 1883, Baith Israel, Beth Elohim, and Temple Israel, Brooklyn's three leading synagogues, tried to merge;[40] Beth Elohim and Temple Israel had both been formed in the 1860s by dissenters from Baith Israel. This was the third such attempt; the previous two had failed when the members could not agree on synagogue ritual.[41] The combined congregation, which would purchase new premises, would have 150 members (only heads of households were considered members at that time). Members would be refunded half the purchase price of the pews in their existing buildings.[42] The rabbis of Beth Elohim and Temple Israel were to split the offices of rabbi and cantor: Baith Israel, at the time, had no rabbi.[41] Though this attempt also failed, in the following year the three congregations carried out combined activities, including a picnic[43] and a celebration of the 100th birthday of Sir Moses Montefiore.[44]

Rev. M. Friedlander.
Marcus Friedlander in 1891

Baith Israel hired Marcus Friedlander as rabbi in 1887.

chess master.[47]

In 1889, the congregation again renovated the synagogue building, repairing it and replacing the roof, increasing the seating capacity, adding a new vestibule and double entrance way, and redecorating the interior. At that time over half of the congregants still spoke German as their native language.[45] The congregation had 50 members—defined as "heads of families who own seats"—by 1891, and 300 congregants in total.[46] By 1900, the congregation had 160 members, and the congregational school, which held classes for two hours once a week, had ten teachers and 150 students.[49]

Though the synagogue had undertaken innovations in some areas of

Jewish holidays for the traditional two days.[21] In 1889 Baith Israel asserted it was "the only orthodox congregation in the city",[50] and that year the board forced the resignation of a Mr. J. Folkart, for transgressing the laws of Yom Kippur.[18][23] In 1892, when Hyman Rosenberg was expelled as rabbi of Brooklyn's Beth Jacob synagogue for eating ham, the Brooklyn Eagle canvassed local rabbis for their views on the matter. While George Taubenhaus, rabbi of Beth Elohim stated, "I do not believe my congregation would expel me if I ate ham", Baith Israel's rabbi Friedlander responded, "While there are some differences between the reform and orthodox Jews, I do not think it is the place for any Jewish minister to eat ham. The reformers do not so strictly observe the old Mosaic law, but it does not seem to me a good example for a rabbi to set to his congregation."[51]

20th century

Decline and reinvigoration

By 1904, membership had fallen to 30,[12] and the synagogue nearly failed:[2] mass transit had allowed Jews to migrate away from downtown Brooklyn,[2] and a fire had nearly destroyed the Boerum synagogue building.[21] Further innovations were attempted, including a pipe organ and a mixed-sex choir,[12] but these were removed[52] after objections from Orthodox members.[2] The congregation decided that the Boerum location was part of the problem, and made the bold decision to sell it, buy new premises, and hire a rabbi[2] (the synagogue had, for many years, run without one).[53] In 1905, they hired Israel Goldfarb, a 1902 graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary,[36] as "Hazan [cantor] and Teacher",[54] his first and only pulpit. The following year Goldfarb was appointed rabbi,[21] a position he would hold for over 50 years.[55]

Kane Street synagogue exterior.

In 1905, the congregation also purchased for $30,000 (today $1,020,000) its current building at Tompkins Place and Harrison Street (renamed Kane Street in 1928),

German Lutheran Church.[2][3] The hiring of Goldfarb and purchase of a new building helped revive the congregation, and by 1906 (its 50th anniversary) membership had doubled.[2]

Goldfarb was a talented musician, known to this day as composer of popular tunes for the songs "

Hebrew Union College.[53]

In his Kol Nidre sermon of 1905, Goldfarb emphasized the need for a Talmud Torah (providing inexpensive Jewish education for primary school children), and it was immediately founded.[2] Talmud Torahs helped synagogues in neighborhoods with small Jewish populations to attract young Jewish families, and were common in "second-settlement areas of New York City such as Harlem and Brooklyn".[58] By 1907–1908 the congregation had grown to 85 member families. The Talmud Torah, which held classes four days a week, had three teachers and 75 students.[59]

Merger with Talmud Torah Anshei Emes and growth

In 1908,[60] Baith Israel merged with Degraw Street's Talmud Torah Anshei Emes Synagogue, a growing congregation that had become too large for the row house in which it held services.[12][53] Talmud Torah Anshei Emes's membership was mostly made up of Eastern European Jews, who were stricter in their observances than Baith Israel's mostly German-origin membership; to accommodate them, a special all-men section of pews was designated at the front left of the sanctuary.[21]

The merged congregations adopted the current name, a combination of the two previous names, and, with the assistance and encouragement of Goldfarb and synagogue president Harris Copland[13][61] founded a sisterhood.[12][53] Nevertheless, the combined membership was still not large;[36] in 1911, the year the congregation renovated the recently acquired synagogue building,[12] the Talmud Torah had only 45 students, 10 of them the children of non-members.[36]

The sisterhood had grown to 42 members by 1913; that year 11 men were accepted as new congregants, including "a dentist, an optician, a druggist, a lawyer, a butler and two store owners and a roofer"—in general, middle class occupations.[36] Baith Israel Anshei Emes also became one of the charter members of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in 1913,[12][62] with Michael Salit, who had been synagogue president in 1906,[22] serving as the congregation's delegate,[36] and he, Rabbi Goldfarb and another synagogue member, Isaac Applebaum, were among the 22 individuals who initially founded the organization.[21]

Aaron Copland celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at Baith Israel Anshei Emes in 1913. The Copland family was active in the synagogue; his father Harris became treasurer and chairman of the Talmud Torah in 1905,[13] had helped purchase the current building,[10][14] served as president of the congregation from 1907 to 1910,[63] and was made a life trustee in 1936.[56] Aaron's brother Ralph served as superintendent of the Sunday School.[13] Goldfarb was instrumental in assisting Aaron Copland in his early musical career. While still in high school, Aaron had approached Goldfarb for his support in studying music: Aaron's father wanted him to enter the legal profession. Goldfarb engineered an agreement whereby Aaron would study music for two or three years, and, if that did not work out, then study law.[56] In his memoirs, Copland would later describe Goldfarb as "a composer of liturgical music and the possessor of a fine baritone voice ... a sensitive human being and an effective leader of the congregation".[13][56]

By 1916, the congregation had installed 10

menorahs, and employed six people. Dues were $12 (today $340) per year, and Sunday school fees were $0.02 (today $0.560) per session.[62] Membership had grown to 140 families by 1919. The congregational school held classes daily, and had 400 students and 20 teachers.[64]

Flatbush, where in 1924 Pincus became the first president of the East Midwood Jewish Center.[53][65]

In 1924, a fire almost destroyed the upper level of the school building, but the congregation repaired the damage.

ark and bronze memorial tablets at the rear of the sanctuary, and repainting the sanctuary walls and columns in a trompe-l'œil manner imitating Jerusalem stone and marble.[62]

Great Depression and post-World War II decline

Synagogue courtyard.

On its 75th anniversary in 1931, the congregation received a congratulatory message from

Governor (later President) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lieutenant Governor Herbert H. Lehman, Mayor Jimmy Walker, and Felix M. Warburg.[62] Nevertheless, the Great Depression brought difficult times; officers were no longer paid their salaries, and were informed in 1932 that they would have to "wait indefinitely" to receive their back wages. In 1933, the synagogue abolished fixed wages entirely for its employees, and instead paid them on a "month-to-month basis", depending on what the congregation could afford.[16]

In 1932 women were allowed to join the choir. In deference to traditionalists, however, the choir was moved to the organ loft, so that the women would be less visible.[34]

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Herman Belth raised $20,000 (today $250,000) and contributed another $20,000 for another renovation of the synagogue. The building was fortified, the interior (except the front wall) repainted, and the exterior brick walls, which had been clad in "blue-veined white stone", were refinished with "brownstone type stuccoed slabs".[67] When the renovations were complete, the synagogue was re-dedicated in January 1953.[12][67] Despite Belth's efforts, membership continued to decline, as congregants moved to the suburbs.[67] Though the Centennial Celebrations of 1956 "provided a brief burst of energy for the Congregation and produced funds to maintain the Synagogue",[21] during this period the choir was disbanded, the Sunday School and Talmud Torah closed, and paid staff reduced.[67]

In the 1960s, following Goldfarb's retirement,

PBS, and serving as Chairman of the American Society of Jewish Music.[69]

The membership decline continued in the late 1960s[8] and early 1970s, as older congregants died and moved away, and dwindled to the point where the congregation could no longer afford to heat the sanctuary,[17] and thought they would have to disband.[70] Nevertheless, in 1972 the congregation established a nursery school and prozdor (high school).[12]

Rebirth: 1980s and 1990s

Sanctuary interior.

Changing demographics and new synagogue programs helped the congregation recover from its low point in the 1970s.[17] In 1979, Raymond Scheindlin, a Ph.D. in Arabic literature from Columbia University, and professor of medieval Hebrew poetry at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA), became the part-time rabbi of the congregation,[12] replacing Howard Gorin, who had served since 1976.[22][71] Scheindlin had become a member in 1974, after joining the faculty of the JTSA and moving to Brooklyn Heights, and from that point on read the Torah every week and served as cantor.[72] He also encouraged the re-constitution of a choir, which called itself "the DeRossi Singers" after Salamone DeRossi, the leading Jewish composer of the late Italian Renaissance, whose works the choir sang.[12][73] Even after leaving the synagogue, Scheindlin continued to return to serve as cantor for the High Holidays every year until 2016.[74]

In 1982 Scheindlin stated that the membership had grown to the point where it again required the services of a full-time rabbi,[73] and the congregation hired Jonathan Ginsburg as its first full-time rabbi since Israel Goldfarb's retirement.[12] Ginsburg developed adult education and young singles programs, and improved standards in the synagogue's children's education programs. Geoffrey Goldberg followed him as rabbi from 1987 to 1988.[12]

In 1994 the buildings' stained glass windows, parapet tower, and brownstone were repaired, landscaping redone, and, with a grant from the Sol Goldman Charitable trust, the bimah and vestibule were refurbished.[34] Membership had increased to almost 200 families by 1995,[12] and in 1996 Samuel H. Weintraub was hired as rabbi.[22]

Increasing involvement of women

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Role of women in Judaism

In 1961 the synagogue began granting women some pulpit honors, giving the Sisterhood President gelila,[21] and in 1966 granting married couples hagbaha and gelila (the honors of lifting and re-wrapping the Torah after it has been read).[34] In the 1970s, women became more involved in the synagogue's political and religious activities: in 1972, the first woman was elected to the board of trustees, and in 1975, the congregation began calling women to the Torah and counting women in the minyan,[12] the latter just two years after the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards of the Rabbinical Assembly voted nine to four in favor of this innovation.[75]

In 1980, Nancy Fink, a

priestly blessing. Advised by Scheindlin, the congregation decided to make the services fully egalitarian, allowing women to perform all three functions.[73]

Baith Israel Anshei Emes' move to egalitarianism culminated in August 1988, when Debra Cantor was hired as its first female rabbi, making it the first synagogue in the

Brooklyn Heights.[22][78]

21st century

Sol and Lillian Goldman Education Center.

In 2002 Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes received a $1 million grant for building renovations from Lillian Goldman, just weeks before her death; she had previously donated $20 million for the reconstruction and expansion of

facade.[81] In 2004 the building was re-opened as the "Sol and Lillian Goldman Education Center",[19] and a day-time pre-school launched.[18] Though the sanctuary also needed extensive repairs, the renovations of the school/community center were undertaken first because the congregation decided "a venue for social functions is at the heart of every cohesive religious group".[18] The following year, the school received a $25,000 grant from the Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation "[t]o assist in the development of the Kane Street Kids program for preschool age children housed in the Congregation's Early Childhood Center".[82]

Nearly 300 households were members by 2006,[17] and in the same year, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation awarded the synagogue a grant of $350,000 for exterior restoration of the sanctuary.[83] The grant was part of a million-dollar capital campaign that the membership intended to carry out in 2008, as the synagogue building still required extensive repairs: the roof leaked, causing interior damage, and (along with the gutters) needed to be replaced; interior columns were taped to prevent plaster from falling off them; the sanctuary doors needed to be replaced; and the stained glass windows needed to be removed, the metal holding them repaired, and their wooden framing replaced.[18] In 2007 the New York Landmarks Conservancy's Sacred Sites Program awarded Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes grants totaling $17,500, for copper roof and masonry restoration.[84]

In 2008, the Synagogue filed documents with the New York Department of State, and was approved to officially use the name "Kane Street Synagogue," which had been its commonly-used name for several decades at that point.

The congregation had been supportive of the LGBTQ+ community since at least the early 1990s,

commitment ceremonies,[86] in 2007 Kane Street Synagogue voted to follow suit.[21] The day before Yom Kippur, 2009, the synagogue was picketed by members of the Westboro Baptist Church, who shouted antisemitic and anti-gay slogans.[87]

The congregation was led by now Rabbi Emeritus, Samuel H. Weintraub from 1996 to 2021.[1] He was succeeded by Interim Senior Rabbi Paul. F. Resnick.[88] Rabbi Michelle Dardashti[89] was elected as head rabbi by the congregation in March 2022,[90] and officially assumed her role on August 1 of that year.

Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes continues to be the oldest continuously operating synagogue in Brooklyn.[7][8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Samuel H. Weintraub | Kane Street Synagogue". kanestreet.org. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Greenwald (2001), p. 33.
  3. ^ a b Wolfe (1994), p. 452.
  4. ^ Morrone & Iska (2001), p. 322.
  5. ^ Greenwald (2001), p. 34.
  6. ^ or Baith Israel-Anshei Emeth
  7. ^ a b Kane Street Synagogue Records, Historical Note, Jewish Theological Seminary.
  8. ^ a b c Shelby (1998).
  9. ^ a b According to the Brooklyn Eagle, June 13, 1886 and Greenwald (2001), p. 32. Abelow (1937), p. 6 and Wolfe (1994), p. 452 say the congregation was "organized" in 1856. Olitzky & Raphael (1996), p. 226 state that the group was formed in 1854 and the congregation "formally organized" in 1856. Waxman (1998), p. 294 writes that the congregation was founded in 1854, and in footnote 102, p. 315 he adds that "the name was formally adopted in 1856". The New York Times, February 14, 1967 says the congregation was founded in 1855. The synagogue website (Our History) states the group first organized in 1855 as the United Brethren Society, a benefit society that provided members with medical and burial assistance, and "[w]ithin a year Brethren leaders and others incorporated Congregation Baith Israel".
  10. ^ a b c d e Dickter (2004).
  11. ^ a b c Olitzky & Raphael (1996), p. 226.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Olitzky & Raphael (1996), p. 227.
  13. ^ a b c d e Pollack (2000), p. 26.
  14. ^ a b c Barton (2006).
  15. ^ a b Levin (March 17, 2006).
  16. ^ a b Wenger (1999), pp. 126–127.
  17. ^ a b c d Clark (2006).
  18. ^ a b c d e Whitman (2008).
  19. ^ a b Wolff (2004).
  20. ^ According to Greenwald (2001), p. 33 and Gross (1999). Waxman (1998), p. 294 describes them as "Bavarian and Portuguese Jews", Morrone & Iska (2001), p. 323 describe them as "Dutch and Bavarian Jews", and the synagogue website (Our History) describes them as "Jewish settlers from the Netherlands".
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Our History, Synagogue website.
  22. ^ a b c d e f "Rabbis, Cantors and Presidents 1856–2006", The Synagogue Journal, Issue 23, June 9, 2006.
  23. ^ a b c Mooney (2004).
  24. ^ Abelow (1937), p. 40.
  25. ^ Greenwald (2001), p. 33 gives, as the reason for lay-led services, that "Like many congregations of its time, Baith Israel lacked the means to retain a rabbi."
  26. ^ According to
    High Holidays
    ".
  27. ^ Brooklyn Eagle, June 13, 1886.
  28. ^ Gross (1999). See also Barton (2006), Dickter (2004), and Greenwald (2001), p. 33.
  29. ^ Levin (January 6, 2006).
  30. ^ The New York Times, September 1, 1862.
  31. ^ According to Greenwald (2001), p. 33 and Kane Street Synagogue Records, Historical Note, Jewish Theological Seminary the school was created in 1862. The Brooklyn Eagle, March 14, 1890 and the synagogue website (Our History) state the school was organized in 1864. American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 2, p. 329 states the school was founded in 1865.
  32. ^ a b Brooklyn Eagle, March 14, 1890.
  33. ^ Galvin (2001), p. 30.
  34. ^ a b c d e f "Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes – 1853-2006", The Synagogue Journal, Issue 23, June 9, 2006.
  35. ^ According to Olitzky & Raphael (1996), p. 227, Greenwald (2001), p. 33 and the synagogue website (Our History). However, Waxman (1998), p. 294 says 1893.
  36. ^ a b c d e f Waxman (1998), p. 294.
  37. ^ According to Abelow (1937), p. 69, and The New York Times, December 18, 1892. Dickter (2004), however, says 1876.
  38. ^ See Abelow (1937), p. 66, and The New York Times, December 18, 1892.
  39. ^ Brooklyn Eagle, September 8, 1879.
  40. ^ Brooklyn Eagle, April 7, 1883.
  41. ^ a b Brooklyn Eagle, April 26, 1883.
  42. ^ Brooklyn Eagle, April 26, 1883.
  43. ^ Brooklyn Eagle, July 7, 1884.
  44. ^ Brooklyn Eagle, October 27, 1884.
  45. ^ a b Brooklyn Eagle, April 8, 1889.
  46. ^ a b , Brooklyn Eagle, September 27, 1891.
  47. ^ a b Brooklyn Eagle, May 1, 1893.
  48. ^ Olitzky & Raphael (1996), p. 55.
  49. ^ American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 2, p. 329.
  50. ^ Brooklyn Eagle, February 21, 1889.
  51. ^ Brooklyn Eagle, December 16, 1892.
  52. ^ According to Greenwald (2001), p. 33 "they quickly were abolished", and Pollack (2000), p. 26 says they were "short-lived". Waxman (1998), p. 294 states they were "eliminated within a few years". In footnote 105, p. 316 he writes that while not specifically stating when it was removed, an October 14, 1910 article by Samuel Abelow in The American Hebrew 87 #4, p. 617, titled "Something of the Institutional Development of Brooklyn" suggests that the organ was still in place in 1910. "Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes – 1853-2006", The Synagogue Journal, Issue 23 states that the organ was dismantled in 1932 to make room in the organ loft for the choir. The choir had allowed women to join it that year, and was moved out of sight to avoid offending traditionalists who objected to the presence of women in the choir.
  53. ^ a b c d e f Greenwald (2001), p. 35.
  54. ^ Kaufman (1999), p. 215.
  55. ^ a b Sources differ on Goldfarb's exact term:
  56. ^ a b c d "Copland's Sanctuary", NewMusicBox.
  57. ^ a b Michelman (2006).
  58. ^ Kaufman (1999), p. 160 cites Baith Israel's Talmud Torah as one of two such examples.
  59. ^ American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 9, pp. 262–263.
  60. ^ According to the synagogue website (Our History), Greenwald (2001), p. 35, Olitzky & Raphael (1996), p. 227, and Waxman (1998), p. 294. Dickter (2004), however, states that the congregations merged in 1906, and moved to the current building in 1908.
  61. ^ Abelow (1937), p. 46.
  62. ^ a b c d Greenwald (2001), p. 36.
  63. ^ According to Levisohn (2004), "Rabbis, Cantors and Presidents 1856–2006", The Synagogue Journal, Issue 23 and "Copland's Sanctuary", NewMusicBox. Pollack (2000), p. 26 writes that Harris Copland served as president from 1907 to 1909, and Dickter (2004) writes that he was president of Baith Israel in 1902.
  64. ^ American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 21, p. 440.
  65. ^ History, East Midwood Jewish Center website.
  66. ^ Hoover, March 1, 1931 (dated February 28, 1931).
  67. ^ a b c d Greenwald (2001), p. 37.
  68. ^ Steinfels (1989).
  69. ^ Rabbi Henry D. Michelman, American Society for Jewish Music website, April 25, 2007.
  70. ^ Gross (1999).
  71. ^ Our Rabbi, Tikvat Israel Congregation website.
  72. ^ Rand & Decter (2007), pp. xii–xiii.
  73. ^ a b c d Greenwald (2001), p. 38.
  74. ^ "Kane Street Synagogue Celebrates its 161st Anniversary". Kane Street Synagogue. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  75. ^ Fine (2002), p. 2.
  76. ^ a b Goldman (1988).
  77. ^ Gonzalez (1993).
  78. ^ Greenwald (2001), p. 39.
  79. ^ Lewis (2002).
  80. ^ Annual Report 2003, Jewish Communal Fund.
  81. ^ Son (2003).
  82. ^ Grantees 2004/5, Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation website.
  83. ^ 2006 EPF Grant Awards, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, October 20, 2006.
  84. ^ Past Projects in 2007, The New York Landmarks Conservancy.
  85. ^ Pompeo (2007).
  86. ^ Ordination of Gays and Lesbians and Same-Sex Commitment Ceremonies Memorandum, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, December 6, 2006.
  87. ^ Muessig (2009).
  88. ^ "Paul Resnick | Kane Street Synagogue". kanestreet.org. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  89. ^ "Synagogue in a changing Brooklyn taps a 'radical pluralist' as its new rabbi". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  90. ^ "Kane Street Synagogue Appoints Accomplished Spiritual Leader Rabbi Michelle Dardashti as its New Rabbi | Kane Street Synagogue". kanestreet.org. Retrieved 2022-08-08.

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New York Times, no byline.
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  • Leadership, Synagogue website. Accessed October 2, 2009.
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