Temple Beth-El (New York City)

Temple Beth-El was a Reform congregation and Romanesque synagogue located at Fifth Avenue and 76th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

Temple Beth-El
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Location
LocationNew York
Geographic coordinates40.775°N 73.965°W / 40.775; -73.965
Architecture
Typechurch
StyleRomanian Revival architecture
CompletedSeptember 18, 1891
Demolished1947

History

The congregation was formed on March 27, 1874, with David Einhorn serving as the congregation's first rabbi.[1] Kaufmann Kohler succeeded his father-in-law Einhorn as rabbi in 1879, serving there until he became president of Hebrew Union College in 1903.[2] Rudolph Grossman was associate rabbi of Temple Beth-El from 1889 to 1896.[3] Samuel Schulman was elected associate rabbi in 1901, and in 1903 he succeeded Kohler as rabbi.[4] He continued to serve as its rabbi until its merger in 1927.[5]

The building, dedicated on September 18, 1891,[6] was subsequently demolished in 1947, after having barely been used since Yom Kippur in 1929. In 1927 the Temple Beth-El congregation had merged with Congregation Emanu-El.[7][8]

References
  1. "New Temple Emanu-El Is Ready for Service". The New York Times. September 29, 1929.
  2. Adler, Cyrus. "KOHLER, KAUFMANN". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  3. Adler, Cyrus. "Grossman, Rudolph". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  4. Adler, Cyrus; Haneman, Frederick T. "SCHULMAN, SAMUEL". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  5. "Schulman, Samuel". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  6. "Their Temple Dedicated". The New York Times. September 19, 1891.
  7. "Historic Temple Being Demolished" (PDF). The New York Times. April 29, 1947.
  8. "Then and Now: Beth-El". New York Daily News. February 22, 1998.
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