Jewish Center (Manhattan)

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Coordinates: 40°47′14″N 73°58′24″W / 40.78722°N 73.97333°W / 40.78722; -73.97333
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Not to be confused with the Congregation Beth Israel West Side Jewish Center, an Orthodox synagogue also on the West Side of Manhattan.

Jewish Center
The façade of the Jewish Center
Religion
AffiliationModern Orthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Dr Yosie Levine
  • Rabbi Kalman Laufer
    (Assistant Rabbi)
StatusActive
Location
Location131 West 86th Street, Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York 10024
CountryUnited States
Jewish Center (Manhattan) is located in Manhattan
Jewish Center (Manhattan)
Location in Manhattan
Geographic coordinates40°47′14″N 73°58′24″W / 40.78722°N 73.97333°W / 40.78722; -73.97333
Architecture
TypeSynagogue
StyleNeo-Classical
Date established1918 (as a congregation)
Completed1918
Website
jewishcenter.org

The Jewish Center is a

Jewish synagogue located at 131 West 86th Street, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in New York City, New York
, United States.

History

The synagogue was founded in 1918 by prosperous Jews moving into the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a neighborhood that was just being built along the new IRT subway line. The large synagogue is in a tall Neo-Classical building at 131 West 86th Street that contains a large number of social halls, classrooms, auditoriums and offices in addition to the Neo-Classical main sanctuary.[1] The synagogue was the first in America to be built not only to serve as spiritual home to its members, but also as a cultural, social and recreational home. The synagogue's members affectionately refer to the synagogue as "The first Shul with a Pool."[2] It continues to support a variety of educational and social programming.

Clergy

The first rabbi was

Center for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University. Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, founding rabbi of The Jewish Center Young Leadership minyan, and who also served as president of Yeshiva University, was the sixth rabbi of the Center before making aliyah
in 2008.

The current rabbi, since June 2008, is Yosie Levine, an alumnus of Columbia University and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.

References

  1. ^ Berman, Andrew (August 8, 2019). "Uncovering the stories behind downtown's overlooked synagogues". 6sqft. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  2. The Jewish Week
    . Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. ISBN 978-0-8143-2280-2
    .

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