The Jericho Jewish Center is a Conservative congregation and synagogue located at 430 North Broadway, Jericho, New York, in the United States.[1]
The congregation was established in 1955, when it began meeting on a local private estate. Construction of the Jericho Jewish Center synagogue began in June 1959,[2] and was completed in 1960.[3] The Iken STEM Science Academy Preschool, housed in the Jericho Jewish Center, opened in 2016.[4]
In 2022 it was reported that the congregation's attempts to consolidate with a nearby Conservative congregation, the Woodbury Jewish Center, failed and that the future of the Jericho Jewish Center was uncertain. Rabbi Matthew Abelson stood down from his position following a vote to merge the congregations.[5]
References
- ^ "Faith in The City". New York Daily News. January 13, 2008.
- ^ "Jericho Gets Jewish Center" (PDF). The New York Times. June 28, 1959.
- ^ Poliakoff, Ira. Synagogues of Long Island, Arcadia Publishing, 2017. ISBN 9781439663493
- ^ "STEM preschool, legacy of 9/11, to open in Jericho in September". Newsday. July 20, 2016.
- ^ Prince, Cathryn J. (August 9, 2022). "NY synagogue's looming demise highlights Conservative Judaism's struggles to survive". The Times of Israel. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
