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Former synagogue in Brooklyn, New York
Young Israel of Flatbush is a historic former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1012 Avenue I in Midwood, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.[2] The congregation worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite.
In 2021 the congregation merged with Talmud Torah of Flatbush to form Young Israel Talmud Torah of Flatbush, jointly affiliated with the National Council of Young Israel and the Orthodox Union. The merged congregation worships from the former Talmud Torah synagogue, located at 1305 Coney Island Avenue, in Brooklyn.[3]
Established as a congregation in 1921, the synagogue was built between 1925 and 1929 and is a three-story Moorish Revival-inspired style building faced in polychromatic patterned brick. It features horseshoe arches, minarets, and polychromatic tiles.[4]
The synagogue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[1]
This synagogue was one of the earliest, and for a long time one of the largest, branches of the National Council of Young Israel, a movement that requires all branches to have a rabbi. This requirement was not strictly enforced, at the time.
Rabbi Solomon Sharfman served as the rabbi from 1938 until his retirement in 1984.[5]
Rabbi Kenneth Auman is the current sprititual leader of the merged congregation.[2]
- ^ a b “National Register of Historic Places” (PDF). WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 2/08/10 THROUGH 2/12/10. National Park Service. February 19, 2010.
- ^ a b Hevesi, Dennis (August 3, 1993). “Where Muslims and Jews Live Together in Peace; In Heart of Brooklyn, Two Devoutly Religious Communities Find Common Ground”. The New York Times.
- ^ “ICONIC SHULS MERGE Q & A WITH THE RABBI, RABBI KENNETH AUMAN”. Jewish Vues. October 5, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ Howe, Kathy (December 2009). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Young Israel of Flatbush. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 3, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ^ Fox, Margalit (December 19, 2004). “Rabbi Solomon J. Sharfman Dies at 89; Shaped Orthodox Hub in Brooklyn”. The New York Times.
