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Article: The Eldridge Street Synagogue
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- Israel Faxx
- Article date:
- December 3, 1996
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By Julio Alejo (VOA-New York)
Four generations of New Yorkers celebrated the recent designation of a century-old synagogue in the city as a historic landmark.
One hundred ten years after its construction as the first great house of worship built by east European Jewish immigrants in New York City, the Eldridge Street Synagogue has been designated a national historic landmark.
The synagogue lost much of its congregation in recent years as the Jewish population of its Lower East Side neighborhood moved elsewhere. But the synagogue never closed completely. While its main sanctuary was not used for more than 40 years, its lower level was open for a small ...