Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale
475 West 250th Street | Riverdale | built 1959
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- 1954
The Conservative Synagogue of Riverdale forms with Max Kadushin as its first rabbi
The Conservative Synagogue of Riverdale was organized in 1954, and Max Kadushin became its first rabbi. The young congregation built a Hebrew school before anything else. It belongs to the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
“The Conservative Synagogue of Riverdale was founded in 1954, with Max Kadushin serving as its first rabbi.”
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- 1962
The congregation dedicates a sanctuary designed by Percival Goodman
In 1962 the synagogue dedicated a new sanctuary by the architect Percival Goodman, and membership began to grow. Ruth Westheimer, the sex therapist and talk show host known as Dr. Ruth, was later among the congregation's members.
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- 1973
The Riverdale synagogue merges with Adath Israel of the Grand Concourse
In 1973 the Conservative Synagogue joined with Adath Israel of the Grand Concourse. The merger was marked with a plaque in which the Grand Concourse members recalled how much they had loved their old house of worship.
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- 2000
Attackers throw two firebombs at the synagogue door on the eve of Yom Kippur
Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the synagogue's door on the morning before Yom Kippur; neither ignited. Two Palestinian men became the first suspects prosecuted under New York's new Hate Crimes Act of 2000. Mazin Assi got 15 years and the driver, Mohammed Alfaqih, four; in 2010 the state Court of Appeals unanimously upheld applying the hate crime law.
“On the morning of October 8, 2000, the eve of Yom Kippur... two Molotov cocktails were thrown, but did not ignite, at the synagogue's door.”
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