Lincoln Square Synagogue
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The Lincoln Square Synagogue at 200 Amsterdam Avenue at the corner of West 69th Street in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, was founded as a congregation in 1964 by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
. The travertine building it now occupies was built in 1970, and was designed by the firm of Hausman & Rosemberg.
The synagogue is currently building its new location, just down the block, at 180 Amsterdam Avenue, and hopes to be in its new location sometime during the second quarter of 2012.
Rabbi Shaul Robinson is currently the senior rabbi at LSS, which is affiliated with Modern Orthodox Judaism
. Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald
heads the popular Beginners Minyan at the synagogue.
Supreme Court
justice Elena Kagan
had her bat mitzvah at the synagogue.
Shlomo Riskin
Shlomo Riskin is the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City, which he led for 12 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank; dean of Manhattan Day School in New York City; and founder and dean of the Ohr Torah Stone...
. The travertine building it now occupies was built in 1970, and was designed by the firm of Hausman & Rosemberg.
The synagogue is currently building its new location, just down the block, at 180 Amsterdam Avenue, and hopes to be in its new location sometime during the second quarter of 2012.
Rabbi Shaul Robinson is currently the senior rabbi at LSS, which is affiliated with Modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism
Modern Orthodox Judaism is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law, with the secular, modern world....
. Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald
Ephraim Buchwald
Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald is one of the leaders in the movement of Jewish return in America today.Ordained at Yeshiva University, where he was a student of Rabbi Dr. Joseph B...
heads the popular Beginners Minyan at the synagogue.
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
justice Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 7, 2010. Kagan is the Court's 112th justice and fourth female justice....
had her bat mitzvah at the synagogue.