Congregation Ahavath Torah
Jewish synagogue in New Jersey, USA
40°52′59″N 73°58′24″W / 40.88307°N 73.97327°W / 40.88307; -73.97327Congregation Ahavath Torah is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located at 240 Broad Avenue, in Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, in the United States.[1][2][3][4]
History
The synagogue traces its roots back to 1895, and was the first synagogue in Bergen County, New Jersey.[5][1][4] The current synagogue on Broad Avenue was completed in 1958, after earlier minyans and synagogues located on Armory Street, Durie Avenue, on Humphrey Street (1911), and on Englewood Avenue.[6]
In 2016, it opened a mikveh with two pools.[7] In 2017 it had about 750 families.[8]
Among the Shabbat morning minyanim, the synagogue includes a Sephardic minyan known as the Benaroya Sephardic Center.
References
- ^ a b Olitzky, Kerry M.; Raphael, Marc Lee Raphael (1996). The American Synagogue:A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook. Greenwood. ISBN 0313288569.
- ^ Schleier, Curt (April 23, 2020). "The musician Shulem on being the first artist raised Hasidic to sign with a major record label". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- ^ Viders, Hillary (December 21, 2018). "Extraordinary Englewood: Rabbi Chaim Poupko". Northern Valley Press.
- ^ a b Bouton-Goldberg, Bobbie; Brown, Arnold; Buchbinder, Mary (1998). Englewood and Englewood Cliffs. Arcadia. ISBN 0752413244.
- ^ Friedman, Jeanette (July 6, 2006). "Ahavath Torah expands". Jewish Standard.
- ^ "About: History". Congregation Ahavath Torah. 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ Schwartz, Bracha (July 28, 2016). "Mikvah Opens at Englewood's Ahavath Torah". Jewish Link.
- ^ Palmer, Joanne (April 27, 2017). "Another trip on Goldin Way". Jewish Standard.
External links
- Official website
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Englewood, New Jersey
- Englewood PSD
- Dwight-Englewood School
- John G. Benson House
- Bergen Performing Arts Center
- Congregation Ahavath Torah
- Thomas Demarest House
- Englewood station
- Garret Lydecker House
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church
- Van Horn–Newcomb House
- Peter Westervelt House and Barn
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