Khal Adath Jeshurun

Khal Adath Jeshurun
Khal Adath Jeshurun synagogue in 2011
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism
Rite	Western Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Yisroel Mantel
Status	Active
Location
Location	85-93 Bennett Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York 10033
Country	United States
Location in New York City
Geographic coordinates	40°51′12″N 73°56′07″W / 40.85336°N 73.93520°W / 40.85336; -73.93520
Architecture
Founder	Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer
Date established	1939 (as a community)
Completed	1952
Website
kajinc.org

Khal Adath Jeshurun, officially K'hal Adath Jeshurun,^[1] abbreviated as KAJ, is an Orthodox Jewish community and synagogue located at 85-93 Bennett Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.

The community includes a high proportion of Ashkenazi German Jews and follows the Western Ashkenazic rite, unlike most Ashkenazic synagogues in the United States, that follow the Eastern Ashkenazic (Polish) liturgical rite.^[2] The Western Ashkenazic rite covers the community's liturgical text, practices, and melodies. The community uses the Rödelheim Siddur Sfas Emes edited by Wolf Heidenheim and Seligman Baer, although the community's rite varies in some places from Rödelheim.

The community has an affiliated synagogue in the heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of

The community is a direct continuation of the pre-Second World War Jewish community of

K'hal Adath Jeshurun was founded in 1939 in Washington Heights by refugees from Germany, following Kristallnacht. The community is colloquially called "Breuer's" after Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer, founder of the community and its first rabbi. He was a grandson of Samson Raphael Hirsch.^[3]

The current synagogue building was completed in 1952, renovating initial premises at 90 Bennett Avenue.

True to the "full-service community" as originally established in Frankfurt, the community includes a synagogue, an

• Rabbi Joseph Breuer (1939 – 1980): founded the community and led it until his death.
• Rabbi Shimon Schwab (1958 – 1995): joined the community in 1958, and served as senior rabbi from 1980 until his death.
• Rabbi Zechariah Gelley (1987 – 2018): joined the community in 1987, and served as senior rabbi from 1995 until his death.
• Rabbi Yisroel Mantel, previously of Lucerne, Switzerland, joined the community in 2006, and became senior rabbi when Rabbi Gelley died in 2018.^[5]

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  Synagogue
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  Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
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  186th Street school

• Yekke
• Torah Lehranstalt

• Lowenstein, Stephen M. (1989). Frankfurt on the Hudson, The German Jewish Community of Washington Heights, 1933-82, Its Structure and Culture. Wayne State University Press.

• Official website