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The Old Broadway Synagogue is a "vernacular" style synagogue built in 1923 by the architectural firm of Meisner and Uffner. The congregation formed from the mostly Ashkenazic Jewish population of Russian and Polish immigrants to New York during the 1880s who had made their way up to Central Harlem, then migrated to blocks west.
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The synagogue was the first in America to be built not only to serve as spiritual home to its members, but also as a cultural, social and recreational home. The synagogue's members affectionately refer to the synagogue as "The first Shul with a Pool." [2] It continues to support a variety of educational and social programming.
B'nai Jeshurun is a non-denominational Jewish synagogue located at 257 West 88th Street and 270 West 89th Street, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in New York City, New York, United States. The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 1989.
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The synagogue began as an Orthodox congregation, and began using a Conservative service in 1875. [4] Rudolph Grossman was the rabbi of Rodeph Sholom from 1896 until he died in 1927. [5] The congregation joined the Reform movement in 1901. [4] In 1930, Rodeph Sholom moved to its present location at 7 West 83rd Street on the Upper West Side.
The iconic triple-arch, steel-truss bridge has been a favorite subject of photographers since it opened in 1956.
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