East Midwood Jewish Center
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The East Midwood Jewish Center is a Conservative synagogue located at 1625 Ocean Avenue, Midwood, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
East Midwood Jewish Center | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Conservative Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
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Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 1625 Ocean Avenue, Midwood, Brooklyn, New York City, New York |
Country | United States |
Location in Brooklyn, New York City | |
Geographic coordinates | 40°37′21″N 73°57′20″W |
Architecture | |
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Type | Synagogue |
Style | Renaissance Revival |
Date established | 1924 (as a congregation) |
Groundbreaking | 1926 |
Completed | 1929; 95 years ago (1929) |
Construction cost | $1 million (today $18 million[1]) |
Specifications | |
Direction of façade | West |
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Width | 155 feet (47 m) |
Dome(s) | 2 |
Materials | Steel frame, masonry, buff and red brick, limestone, copper domes |
Website | |
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East Midwood Jewish Center | |
NRHP reference No. | 06000478 |
Added to NRHP | June 7, 2006 |
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Organized in 1924,[12] the congregation's Renaissance revival building that was completed in 1929 typified the large multi-purpose synagogue centers being built at the time,[11] and was from the 1990s until 2010 the only synagogue with a working swimming pool in Brooklyn.[5] The building has been unmodified architecturally since its construction,[5] and in 2006 was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[6]
Membership dropped during the Great Depression, and the synagogue suffered financial hardship, but it recovered, and by 1941 had 1,100 member families. In 1950 the congregation built an adjoining school; at its peak its enrollment was almost 1,000.[2] As neighborhood demographics changed in the late 20th century, and Brooklyn's Jewish population became more Orthodox, the East Midwood Jewish Center absorbed three other Conservative Brooklyn congregations.[13]
The East Midwood Jewish Center had only three rabbis from its founding until 2014.[14] Reuben Kaufman served from 1924 to 1929, Harry Halpern from 1929 to 1977 and Alvin Kass from 1976 to 2014.[2] In 2014, Matt Carl became the rabbi.[3]