Temple Israel (formally Temple Israel of the City of New York) is a Reform congregation in Manhattan. It was incorporated in 1873[1] by German Jews.[2]
It purchased its first synagogue building Fifth Avenue and 125th Street in 1887, constructed its own at 201 Lenox Avenue and 120th Street in 1907,[3] and constructed another at 210 West 91st Street in 1920.[4] Its current Brutalist style building, at 112 East 75th Street on the Upper East Side, was completed in 1967.[4]
Since its founding, Temple Israel has been served
- ^ Dunlap (2004), p. 270. "About the Temple", Temple Israel website gives the founding year as 1870.
- ^ "About the Temple", Temple Israel website.
- ^ Olitzky & Raphael (1996), p. 248.
- ^ a b Dunlap (2004), p. 270.