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Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun

Synagogue in Manhattan, New York

Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun (abbreviated as KJ or CKJ) is a Modern Orthodox Jewishsynagogue at East 85th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.

The synagogue was founded in [1] The synagogue is closely affiliated with the Ramaz School. The lower school is co-located in an adjacent building and is across the street from the middle school.

History

The synagogue was founded in [2] and was originally known as Anshe Jeshurun.[3] The congregation built a neoclassical, Romanesque synagogue building in [2]

Rabbi Moses Zevulun Margolies served as the synagogue's Rabbi from until his death in [4] He was hired around the same time as Mordecai Kaplan, and they served to counterbalance each other, Margolies's Yiddish and tradition against Kaplan's English sermonizing and other changes.[2]

The Ramaz school name derives from Margolies' initials.

He was the grandfather-in-law of the school's founder, Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein, who succeeded Margolies as the synagogue's Senior Rabbi.

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Lookstein had served as the congregation's assistant Rabbi after receiving his semicha in from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University and had assumed many congregational leader roles in the years before his grandfather's death, when Margolies had a prolonged illness. Lookstein assumed the title of Senior Rabbi after his grandfather died in [5]

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, son of Joseph Lookstein, was installed as an assistant rabbi on June 14, , serving under his father, and became Senior Rabbi after his father died in [6] The younger Lookstein was a member of the first class of six students at Ramaz when the school was established in

Rabbi Elie Weinstock is another leader of the congregation.

In December , it was reported that the congregation lost $ million in the Bernard Madoffscandal.[7]

Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz was appointed senior rabbi from January 1, , and Rabbi Haskel Lookstein assumed the role of Rabbi Emeritus, Rabbi Elie Weinstock was granted the title of "Rabbi", and Rabbi Roy Feldman remained as Assistant Rabbi.[8]

fire and subsequent rebuild

A fire in July , whilst the synagogue was undergoing minor renovations, resulted in significant damage to the building's interior and the congregation temporarily relocated to the 92nd Street Y.[9][10] Nearly half of the sanctuary’s forty stained glass windows were destroyed by the fire and had to be recreated using historical and forensic analysis.[11] The subsequent reconstruction enabled the restoration of the synagogue and construction of a new two-story, 8,square-foot (&#;m2) education and fitness wing for the school, above the synagogue.

The two new floors cut across the school and the synagogue horizontally, facilitating improved connectivity between the school and the synagogue.

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    • Other improvements included a central entry and single security point for both institutions, an expanded lobby, an enlarged cafeteria and commercial kitchen, a new chapel and scholar’s library, and an expanded rooftop play terrace. The $21&#;million redevelopment won a Building Design+Construction Gold Award Winner in the Reconstruction category.[12] The transformation of the Lower School's gymnasium into a chapel won a award from the American Institute of Architects.[13]

    Synagogue Archives

    The synagogue had maintained an extensive archives, which was donated to Yeshiva University shortly before the fire.[14] Nearly 1, synagogue bulletins, from through , have been digitized and are freely available at Yeshiva University's Digital Collections portal.

    Prominent members

    The Congregation is known for members who are prominent businessmen and philanthropists, including Harry Fischel, George Rohr, film producer Steven Haft, author Lisa Birnbach, the New York real estate Kushner family (patriarch Joseph Kushner and his sons Murray Kushner and Charles Kushner) and Ivanka Trump, who converted to Judaism before she married Jared Kushner.[8]

    As reggae singer Matisyahu was becoming more a religious Jew, he began to attend services at the synagogue in [15]

    See also

    References

    1. ^"Mission Statement".

      Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun. n.d. Retrieved October 14,

    2. ^ abcWertheimer, J. (). The American Synagogue: A Sanctuary Transformed. Sanctuary Transformed.

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    3. ^American Jewish Historical Society (). American Jewish History. Johns Hopkins University Press for the American Jewish Historical Society. p.&#; Retrieved February 9,
    4. ^Staff. "Rabbi Margolies dies of pneumonia; Dean of Orthodox Synagogue Heads, 85, Zionist Leader and Jewish Educator.

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      Founder of Relief Group Rose From Sickbed in to Address Meeting of Protest Against Anti-Semitism." (abstract), The New York Times, August 26, TimesMachine view of full article (subscription). Retrieved Accessed January 22,

    5. ^Saxon, Wolfgang. 'Joseph H. Lookstein Dead at 76; A Rabbi and Orthodox Educator; Responsibilities Increased", The New York Times, July 15, Accessed January 21,
    6. ^Staff.

      "Military Morale is linked to Faith; Rabbi Israel Miller Equates Worth of Man and Arms -Other Sabbath Sermons" (abstract), The New York Times, June 15, Accessed January 21,

    7. ^"Madoff's Victim List". The Wall Street Journal. March 6, Retrieved April 1,
    8. ^ abHeilman, Uriel (August 3, ).

      "For first time in years, outsider tapped to lead Looksteins' N.Y. shul". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

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    12. ^Brown, Meaghen (July 12, ). "The Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Fire". The New Yorker. Retrieved December 10,
    13. ^Greenbaum, Daniella (September 29, ). "After a Synagogue Fire, Finding a Home for the High Holy Days". MetroFocus. Retrieved December 10,
    14. ^"Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun".

      Femenella & Associates, Inc. Retrieved December 10,

    15. ^Caulfield, John (November 14, ). "Fire-charred synagogue rises to renewed glory". Building Design+Construction.

      Bnai yeshurun Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun is an Orthodox synagogue, founded in , and situated on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. As its essential foundation, it seeks to foster among its membership a love of God and an abiding commitment to halakhah and mitzvot.

      Retrieved December 10,

    16. ^"Chapel at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun". Small Project Awards. American Institute of Architects. Retrieved December 10,
    17. ^"Guide to the Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Collection circa ". Yeshiva University Libraries Finding Aids Database.

      Retrieved July 14,

    18. ^Friedman, Gabe (November 14, ).

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      Welcome to Kehilath Jeshurun - your Jewish family home in the middle of bustling NYC.

      "Matisyahu in his own words, on music, Judaism, shaving". Times of Israel. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved January 28,

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