Khal Adath Jeshurun

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Khal Adath Jeshurun
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Khal Adath Jeshurun synagogue in 2011
Religion
Affiliation Orthodox Judaism
Rite Nusach Ashkenaz
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Synagogue
LeadershipRabbi Yisroel Mantel
StatusActive
Location
Location85-93 Bennett Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York 10033
CountryUnited States
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Location in New York City
Geographic coordinates 40°51′12″N73°56′07″W / 40.85336°N 73.93520°W / 40.85336; -73.93520
Architecture
FounderRabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer
Date established1939 (as a congregation)
Completed1952
Website
kajinc.org

Khal Adath Jeshurun, officially K'hal Adath Jeshurun, [1] abbreviated as KAJ, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 85-93 Bennett Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.

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The congregation includes a high proportion of Ashkenazi German Jews and follows the Western Ashkenazic rite, unlike most Ashkenazic synagogues in the United States, that follow the Eastern Ashkenazic ( Poilisher ) liturgical rite. [2] The Western Ashkenazic rite covers the congregation's liturgical text, practices, and melodies. The congregation uses the Rödelheim Siddur Sfas Emes, though the congregation's rite varies in some places from Rödelheim.

The congregation has an affiliated synagogue in the heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Monsey, and there is a synagogue that follows the minhagim of KAJ in Lakewood.

History

The community is a direct continuation of the pre-Second World War Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main led by Samson Raphael Hirsch. Khal Adath Jeshurun bases its approach, and structure, on Hirsch's philosophy of Torah im Derech Eretz ; it was re-established according to the protocol originally drawn in 1850, to which the congregation continues to adhere.

K’hal Adath Jeshurun was founded in 1939 in Washington Heights by refugees from Germany, following Kristallnacht. The community is colloquially called "Breuer's" after Rabbi Dr. Joseph Breuer, founder of the congregation and its first rabbi. He was a grandson of Samson Raphael Hirsch. [3]

The current synagogue building was completed in 1952, renovating initial premises at 90 Bennett Avenue.

Full service community

True to the "full-service community" as originally established in Frankfurt, the community includes a synagogue, an elementary school (located at 85 Bennett Avenue), various educational facilities, a social hall, a high school, a Beth Midrash (these are several blocks north, where Bennett Avenue meets 190th or 191st St). The Kehilla also offers its members a mikveh , Kashrut supervision and Shechitah . [4] The yeshivas go under the name Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. It also offers an independent Chevra kadisha . The members of the community tend to live in the buildings on Bennett Avenue, Overlook Terrace, and the adjacent cross streets towards the west and Fort Washington Avenue.

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References

  1. "About". K'hal Adath Jeshurun. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  2. "Nusach". Khal Adath Jeshurun. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  3. Bodenheimer, Dr. Ernst J.; Scherman, Rabbi Nosson (n.d.). "Rabbi Joseph Breuer: The Rav of Frankfurt, U.S.A." Jewish Observer. Archived from the original on November 9, 2005. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  4. Frankel, Rabbi Pinchas (n.d.). "Parshiyot VaYakhel/Pekudei/ HaChodesh - 5761". Orthodox Union. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  5. Tannenbaum, Rabbi Gershon (September 27, 2006). "Installation At Khal Adas Jeshurun". The Jewish Press. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

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