Lincoln Square Synagogue
- 1970 (200 Amsterdam Avenue)
- 2013 (180 Amsterdam Avenue)
The Lincoln Square Synagogue is a Modern Orthodox congregation and synagogue located at 180 Amsterdam Avenue between West 68th and 69th Streets in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Founded in 1964, the synagogue has moved several times; the most recent move occurred in January 2013. The 2013 building is the largest synagogue built in New York City in over 50 years. The current senior rabbi is Rabbi Shaul Robinson.
History
The Lincoln Square Synagogue was founded as a congregation in 1964 by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin.[1] In the late 1960s, the first Orthodox Jewish women's tefillah group was created, on the holiday of Simhat Torah at Lincoln Square Synagogue.[2]
The travertine building it formerly occupied at 200 Amsterdam Avenue, just 250 feet (76 m) from its current building,[3] was built in 1970, and was designed by the firm of Hausman & Rosenberg.[4] Because it had outgrown that building, the synagogue moved to a new building designed by Cetra/Ruddy[5] in mid-January 2013,[6] after a development process that lasted seven years.[3] The move was the result of a land swap between the synagogue and the development company American Continental Properties, in which the congregation received $20 million to aid in paying for the construction of the new building. Despite this, and the $10 million raised by the congregation, construction was held up in 2010 because of a lack of funds, which was made up by a single contribution of $20 million from an anonymous donor. The old building is being replaced by a luxury apartment tower called 200 Amsterdam.[3][7][8]
The new building, the largest new synagogue in New York City in fifty years,[9] is five stories tall and comprises 52,000 square feet (4,800 m2),[5][10] including a sanctuary able to hold 429 people.[11] The horseshoe shape of the seating in the sanctuary of the old building was kept, but with changes that help to focus one's attention on the ark.[3]
The building won the 2015 Architectural Lighting award for interior lighting.[12]
Clergy
Rabbi Shaul Robinson
Rabbi Shaul Robinson is currently the senior rabbi at Lincoln Square Synagogue. Robinson has held the position since September 1, 2005. He is credited with setting up and directing the first ever "Department for Professional Rabbinic Development" in the United Kingdom.[13]
Cantor Sherwood Goffin
Cantor Sherwood Goffin served the synagogue from its founding in 1965 until he retired in 2015, only acting as Cantor occasionally on Shabbat. Cantor Goffin has been only Principal of the Lincoln Square Synagogue Feldman Hebrew School since 1965. He obtained "Cantor for Life" tenure in 1986. Cantor Goffin worked with Cantor Yaakov Lemmer.[13] Goffin died on April 2, 2019.
Notable people
- Kenneth Brander – assistant rabbi and then acting rabbi from 1990–91, later president and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions[14]
- Shlomo Einhorn – Orthodox rabbi and later Dean of School at Yeshivat Yavneh (Yavneh Hebrew Academy) in Los Angeles, interned at LSS
- Elena Kagan – future Supreme Court justice had her bat mitzvah at the synagogue. She was the first girl to become bat mitzvah at LSS.[15]
- David Remnick – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author[16]
References
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (2004). From Abyssinian to Zion: A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-12543-7., p.130
- ^ Marcus, Bat Sheva Marcus & Becherurl, Ronnie (March 1, 2009). "Women's Tefillah Movement". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Dunlap, David W. (January 7, 2013). "At Last, a New Lincoln Square Synagogue". The New York Times.
- ^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., p.323
- ^ a b Gardner, James (February 24, 2012) "Lincoln Square’s new shul looks nothing especially synagogue-like" The Real Deal
- ^ Landowne, Morton (January 15, 2013) "Entering Lincoln Square’s Second Temple Period" The Jewish Week
- ^ Walker, Ameena (September 28, 2017) "Upper West Side's forthcoming tallest tower can move forward" Curbed New York
- ^ Chen, Jackson (September 27, 2017) "Construction On Upper West Side's Tallest Building Can Proceed, City Says" Archived October 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine DNAinfo
- ^ "Giant Lincoln Square Synagogue a go". The Real Deal. May 11, 2007.
- ^ "Lincoln Square Synagogue" CetraRuddy website
- ^ Rosenblat, Gary (January 2, 2013) "If You Build It, Will They Come?" The Jewish Week
- ^ Donoff, Elizabeth (August 11, 2015) "2015 AL Design Awards: Lincoln Square Synagogue, New York" Architectural Lighting
- ^ a b "Meet Our Clergy". Lincoln Square Synagogue. 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ^ Brzozowski, Carol (July 6, 1991). "Boca Raton Synagogue Chooses New Rabbi". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (May 12, 2010) "As a Girl, Kagen Tested the Boundaries of Her Faith" The New York Times
- ^ "Esther B. Fein Is Wed To David Jay Remnick". New York Times. October 26, 1987.
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