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Today there are 10 or so shuls still functioning in the greater Lower East Side. In 1900, Shaw estimates, there were more than 500 shuls in the area between Bowery and the FDR Drive, and between ...
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- A Manhattan synagogue was hit with graffiti this weekend, police confirm. The Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America Building located at 145 East Broadway was ...
A 21-year-old man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly defacing three Upper East Side synagogues and one Jewish volunteer ambulance with anti-Semitic graffiti — and told The Post he’s “just an ...
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan –– Firefighters battled fire at a historic synagogue in lower Manhattan Sunday evening that sent smoke billowing across the skyline. The blaze began at 60 Norfolk St ...
One hundred and twenty years of Jewish history on Manhattan’s Lower East Side came to a tragic ending on Sunday night, as fire destroyed Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, one of the oldest synagogues in ...
Israeli president attends Altneu synagogue opening on the Upper East Side BY Justine Re Manhattan PUBLISHED 5:30 AM ET Jan. 27, 2025 PUBLISHED 5:30 AM EST Jan. 27, 2025 ...
The Lower East Side, once home to 325,000 Jews, is a tough marketplace for a synagogue these days. The Community Synagogue, founded in 1940, has struggled for decades.
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) – Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt, who made headlines when he was abruptly fired from his position at Manhattan’s swanky Park East Synagogue, has officially launched ...
UPPER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- An investigation is underway after a woman was caught on camera vandalizing a poster outside a Manhattan synagogue. Police say the incident happened on ...
A street on Manhattan's East 67th Street and 3rd Avenue in NYC's Upper East Side was renamed "Yad Vashem Way" on Thursday. The location for the street in Manhattan was chosen so that it would be ...