- Congregation Chasam Sopher
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Congregation Chasam Sopher 
Synagogue entrance
Basic information Location 10 Clinton Street
Lower East Side, New York CityGeographic coordinates 40°43′15″N 73°59′02″W / 40.720913°N 73.983843°WCoordinates: 40°43′15″N 73°59′02″W / 40.720913°N 73.983843°W Affiliation Orthodox Judaism Status Active Leadership Rabbi: Azriel Siff Website chasamsopher.org Architectural description Architectural style Romanesque Revival Completed 1853 Congregation Chasam Sopher is an Orthodox synagogue located at 10 Clinton Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
It was formed in 1892 by the merger of two congregations of immigrants from Poland. It occupies an historic Romanesque Revival synagogue building built in 1853 by Congregation Rodeph Sholom. It is among the oldest synagogue buildings still standing in the United States, the second-oldest synagogue building in New York, and the oldest still in use in the state.[1]
Renovation of the upstairs, completed in 2006, included conservation of the Torah ark, the installation of new stained-glass windows, and stripping the interior of paint to expose the original wood. The outside was also landscaped, creating a garden for the neighborhood.[2]
The synagogue is "[p]ractically next door" to the Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant.[3]
As of 2011[update], the rabbi was Azriel Siff.[4]
External links
References
- ^ Gordon, Mark W. "Rediscovering Jewish Infrastructure: Update on United States Nineteenth Century Synagogues", American Jewish History, 84.1, 1996, pp. 11–27.
- ^ Austerlitz, Saul. "Synagogues tell story of Lower East Side's past", The Boston Globe, October 28, 2007.
- ^ Asimov, Eric. "And to Think that I Ate it on Clinton Street", The New York Times, April 10, 2002.
- ^ Leadership, Chasam Sofer website. Accessed May 14, 2011.
Categories:- Religious buildings completed in 1853
- Lower East Side
- Synagogues in Manhattan
- Orthodox synagogues in New York City
- Religious organizations established in 1892
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