Riverdale Temple
4545 Independence Avenue | Riverdale | built 1931
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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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- 2009
Four men plot to bomb Riverdale Temple and are later convicted
In 2009 four American Muslims planned to blow up Riverdale Temple, home to a Reform congregation founded in 1947. After a six-week trial they were convicted of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction and to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, and in 2011 each was sentenced to 25 years. In July 2023 a judge granted three of them compassionate release after eleven years, calling the sentences unduly harsh.
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- 2009
Governor Paterson gives the temple $25,000 for security after the bomb plot
On May 30, 2009, Governor David Paterson said the state would give Riverdale Temple and the Riverdale Jewish Center $25,000 apiece for security upgrades. The funds, from the Department of Homeland Security, paid mostly for alarms and surveillance equipment.
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- 2015
Rabbi Judith S. Lewis retires and Rabbi Thomas Gardner succeeds her
Judith S. Lewis, who was the congregation's rabbi in 2009, retired in July 2015. Rabbi Thomas Gardner took over leadership of the Reform congregation at 4545 Independence Avenue.
“In July 2015, Rabbi Lewis retired and was succeeded by Rabbi Thomas Gardner.”
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