The Congregation Habonim is a Conservative synagogue located at 103 West End Avenue (at the corner with 64th Street), in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. The congregation was founded in 1939 by German-Jewish immigrants who fled Nazi persecution. The founding rabbi was Hugo Hahn and his son-in-law Bernard Cohn.[1] The congregation’s first building, on West 66th Street in Manhattan, was completed in 1958.[1]
References
- ^ a b "History of Habonim". Congregation Habonim. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
Further reading
- Carol Kahn Strauss Family Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. This collection includes a series of documents on the Congregation Habonim, including bulletins, newspaper clippings, and copies of several anniversary journals.
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