Phone +1 718-796-4730 | Website www.thebayit.org Completed 1980 (current building) | |
Location 3700 Henry Hudson ParkwayRiverdale (The Bronx), New YorkUnited States Address 3700 Henry Hudson Pkwy, Bronx, NY 10463, USA Similar Riverdale Temple, National Synagogue, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Lincoln Park Jewish C | ||
Hoshana rabbah at hebrew institute of riverdale mov
The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale is an Open Orthodox synagogue in the residential Riverdale neighborhood of New York City. The congregation was founded in 1971 and has been led by Rabbi Avi Weiss since 1973, although he announced in October 2014 that he will be stepping down from his position as rabbi in July 2015. He has since assumed the role as Rabbi in Residence and Rabbi Steven Exler assumed the role of Senior Rabbi.
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- Hoshana rabbah at hebrew institute of riverdale mov
- Hircchoir winter concert hebrew institute of riverdale ny dec 28 2016
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The congregation is known for its outreach and adult education programs as well as pioneering women’s participation in prayer and Torah study.
Hircchoir winter concert hebrew institute of riverdale ny dec 28 2016
History
The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale was founded in 1971 in a boiler room of the Whitehall Building off the Henry Hudson Parkway by thirty-five families, former members of the Hebrew Institute of University Heights in the Bronx who had moved to Riverdale. In 1973, Avi Weiss, who had finished his training at Yeshiva University a few years earlier, became the synagogue's rabbi. The congregation met at the Whitehall apartment building in the early years, before constructing a permanent building in 1980.
The Hebrew Institute became known for its activism in the campaign to free Soviet Jewry and in defense of Israel.
The congregation has grown to 850 families, and has served as a platform for Weiss’s rabbinical advocacy. The Jerusalem Post has called the Hebrew Institute “a training ground for young Modern Orthodox rabbis who go on to take over congregations of their own.”