Research Catalog

Title

The synagogues of New York's lower East side : a retrospective and contemporary view / Gerard R. Wolfe.

Author

Wolfe, Gerard R., 1926-

Publication

New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2013.

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Details

Description

xviii, 212 pages : illustrations; 21 x 24 cm

Subject

• Synagogues > New York (State) > New York
• Judaism > New York (State) > New York
• Jews > New York (State) > New York > History
• Jews
• Buildings
• Judaism
• Synagogues
• Synagoge
• Synagogues > New York (State) > New York > History
• Judaism > New York (State) > New York > History
• Jews > New York (State) > New York > History
• Synagogues > New York (State) > New York > History > Pictorial works
• Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > History
• Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• New York (State) > New York
• New York (State) > New York > Lower East Side
• New York- Lower East Side
• Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > History
• Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > History > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-201).

Contents

The active synagogues. The Eldridge Street Synagogue/Khal Adas Jeshurun with Anshe Lubz/The Museum at Eldridge Street -- The Bialystoker Synagogue (Bait Ha'knesset Anshe Bialystok) -- Congregation Chasam Sopher -- Congregation Bnai Jacob Anshei Brzezan ("The Stanton Street Shul") -- Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum -- Congregation Sheveth Achim Anshe Slonim (Originally Ansche Chesed; now Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts) -- Agudas Anshei Mamod Ubeis Vead Lachachomim/Society of the Supporters of the House of Sages -- East Side Torah Center -- Erste Lutowisker Chevra -- Congregation Sons of Moses, Anshe Jendzivo (or Andrzievo), People of Jendzivo ("The Yendzshever Shul") -- Community Synagogue (now The Sixth Street Community Synagogue) -- Congregation Tifereth Israel/Town and Village Synagogue -- The "lost" or endangered synagogues. Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagodol -- First Roumanian-American Congregation, Shaarey Hashomayim -- Young Israel Synagogue of Manhattan -- Congregation Beth Haknesseth Mogen Avraham -- Sons of Israel Kalwarie ("The Pike Street Shul") -- Erste Warshawer Congregation -- Congregation Beth Haknesseth Etz Chaim Anshe Wolozin -- Congregation Senier and Wilno -- Masas Benjamin Ansche Podhajce, Kochob Jacob Anshe Kamenitz Lite -- Congregation Anshe Obertyn -- Chevra Bikur Cholim B'nai Israel Anshei Baranov -- Congregation Anshe Czernowitz-Bukovina -- Congregation Adas Yisroel Anshe Mezeritch -- Congregation Ahawath Yeshurun Shar'a Torah -- Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Anshe Ungarn -- Congregation B'nai Rappaport Anshei Dombrova -- Congregation Kehila Bnai Moshe Yakov Anshe Zosmer veZavichost ("The 8th Street Shul") -- Congregation Poel Zedek Anshe Illiya ("The Forsyth Street Shul") -- Congregations Kol Israel Anshe Poland and Mishkan Israel Suwalki -- Bnai Tifereth Yerushelaim -- Congregation Chevra Kadisha Anshe Sochaczew -- Lemberger Shul -- Kehila Kedosha Ahavat Shalom de Monastir -- The Bialystoker Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing ("The Bialystoker Home") -- Appendixes: Landsmanshaftn and Privately Owned Jewish Banks -- The Lower East Side Tenement Museum -- The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy -- Chronology of Major Hebrew Congregations, 1654-1875.

ISBN

• 9780823250004
• 0823250008

LCCN

2012464177

OCLC

• ocn805014821
• 805014821
• SCSB-9393536

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library