#383 The Temple on Fifth Avenue

The Bowery Boys: New York City History - Een podcast door Tom Meyers, Greg Young - Vrijdagen

Temple Emanu-El, home to New York's first Reform Jewish congregation and the largest synagogue in the city, sits on the spot of Mrs. Caroline Astor's former Gilded Age mansion. The synagogue shimmers with Jazz Age style from vibrant stained-glass windows to its Art Deco tiles and mosaics. When its doors opened in 1929, the congregation was making a very powerful statement. New York City's Jewish community had arrived.

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