York Preparatory School
40 West 68th Street | also 38 West 68th Street | Lincoln Square | built 1949
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1939
Helen Levinthal becomes the first American woman to finish a rabbinical school's full course
In 1939 Helen Levinthal completed the full course of study at the Jewish Institute of Religion, which Rabbi Stephen Wise kept in the Free Synagogue House at 40 West 68th Street. She was the first American woman to do this at a rabbinical school. Because the faculty felt the time had not yet come to ordain women, she received a Master of Hebrew Letters and a certificate. This was on the lot before the present building, which dates from 1949.
“In 1939 Helen Levinthal became the first American woman to complete the entire course of study in a rabbinical school, which she did at JIR.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1950
The Jewish Institute of Religion merges into Hebrew Union College
Stephen S. Wise founded the Jewish Institute of Religion in 1922 and housed it next to his Free Synagogue on West 68th Street, the site York Prep's building now occupies. Budget troubles pushed him to accept a merger with Hebrew Union College once the archaeologist Nelson Glueck became its president. Negotiations finished in 1948, and the two schools merged in 1950.
Source: jewishvirtuallibrary.org
- 1997
York Prep trades its East 85th Street school for a new building on West 68th Street
In 1997 York Preparatory School, then home to 250 students, made news with an unusual property deal with the Ramaz School. Ramaz bought a new building for York at 68th Street and traded it for the school's existing East 85th Street home. The West 68th Street property had earlier housed the New York campus of the Jewish Institute of Religion and Hebrew Union College.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2006
VH1's Ice-T's Rap School features York Prep and eight of its students
In 2006 VH1 aired Ice-T's Rap School, a six-part reality series. It featured York Prep and several of its students, eight of whom the rapper introduced to rap and rap culture.
“Ice-T's Rap School, a 6-part reality show aired on VH1 in 2006 where the rapper introduced eight of York Prep's students to rap and rap culture.”
Source: Wikipedia
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