Stanton Street Synagogue

Stanton Street Synagogue
Yiddish: קאנגרעגיישאן בני יעקב אנשי ברזעזאן
Stanton Street Shul in 2009
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
LeadershipRabbi Aviad Bodner
StatusActive
Location
Location180 Stanton Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York 10002
CountryUnited States
Stanton Street Synagogue is located in Lower Manhattan
Stanton Street Synagogue
Location in Lower Manhattan
Geographic coordinates40°43′13″N 73°59′02″W / 40.7202°N 73.9839°W / 40.7202; -73.9839
Architecture
Architect(s)Louis A. Sheinart
TypeSynagogue
StyleNeoclassical
Date established1894 (as a congregation)
Specifications
Length100 feet (30 m)
Width20 feet (6.1 m)
MaterialsStone and brick
Stanton Street Synagogue
Built1913
Restored2006–2007
NRHP reference No.02001116[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 2002
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Stanton Street Synagogue, also known as Stanton Street Shul and Congregation Bnai Jacob Anshei Brzezan (Yiddish: קאנגרעגיישאן בני יעקב אנשי ברזעזאן, lit.'Congregation Sons of Jacob, People of Brzezan'[3]), is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 180 Stanton Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, in New York City, New York, United States.

The synagogue was constructed in 1913 by a landsmanshaft from the town of Brzeżany in southeast Galicia. The first Rabbi of the congregation, in their first building, was Rabbi Judah Leib Rose (1867-1946). He had arrived in New York in 1909 and encouraged the congregation to build the Shul on Stanton Street.

One of the few surviving tenement-style synagogues, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1] That same year, the synagogue's congregants went to court over an attempt by its rabbi and board members to sell the aging structure to an organization run by a Jesuit priest. The resultant settlement and media attention led to a resurgence in interest in the synagogue. In 2012 its membership stands at about 100 congregants, representing a wide, intergenerational mix. The Stanton Street Synagogue was founded as an Orthodox congregation.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Mendelsohn, Joyce (2009). The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited: A History and Guide to a Legendary New York Neighborhood. Columbia University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0231147613.
  3. ^ Wolfe, Gerard R. (2003). New York: 15 walking tours (3rd ed.). McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 180. ISBN 0071411852.