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Central Synagogue (formerly Congregation Ahawath Chesed Shaar Hashomayim; colloquially Central) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue at 652 Lexington Avenue, at the corner with 55th Street, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The current congregation was formed in 1898 through the merger of two 19th-century ...
Services were held monthly until after that year’s High Holidays. The synagogue office and Talmud class were housed at 1384 Lexington Avenue, across the street from the 92 Street Y. In 1993, having outgrown its borrowed space, the congregation purchased the former Waldensian Church at 127 East 82nd Street and refurbished it as a synagogue ...
Shimon Farkas OAM [1] is a cantor, singer, and performer born in Hungary, and living in Australia. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2008. [1] He has served as Chief Cantor at The Central Synagogue of Sydney for over five decades, from 1971 to the present (with a ten-year hiatus).
Ess-a-Bagel’s High Holiday Nosh Package Family-owned for over 35 years, Ess-a-Bagel is beloved for its big, chewy, crusty hand-rolled and kettle-boiled bagels made the old-fashioned way.
A central feature of these Reform services is the rabbinic sermon. "For more than a century and a half in the Reform Movement," writes Rabbi Lance Sussman, "High Holiday sermons were among the most anticipated events in synagogue life, especially on the eve of Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre night." [116]
However, the High Holy Days are usually peak attendance days for synagogues and temples, often filling or over-filling synagogues. [6] For this reason many synagogues issue tickets for attendance and may charge for them: practice varies on whether paid-up synagogue members must also buy these or whether it is included in the subscription.
Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Israel is a Reconstructionist Jewish congregation and synagogue located since January 2015 within Temple Israel & JCC, 475 Grove Street in Ridgewood, New Jersey, in the United States. [2] It is the only Reconstructionist congregation in the area, with a membership drawn from Bergen and Rockland counties. [3]
The synagogue was built in 1926 and is a small, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame building with a stucco finish. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1] It is currently used annually three days a year for High Holiday services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.