The Mosholu Jewish Center was an Orthodox Jewish community center and synagogue located at 3044 Hull Avenue, in the Norwood, Bronx neighborhood in New York City. The building is now used as a pre-school.

Mosholu Jewish Center
Religion
Affiliation
Ecclesiastical or organizational status
OwnershipRoman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
StatusClosed; repurposed
Location
Location3044 Hull Avenue, Norwood, The Bronx, New York City, New York
CountryUnited States
Geographic coordinates40°52′17″N 73°52′46″W / 40.87139°N 73.87944°W / 40.87139; -73.87944
Architecture
TypeSynagogue
StyleNeo-Renaissance
Date established1927 (as a congregation)
Completed1927

History

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The synagogue was founded in 1927,[1] and closed in 1999 due to the declining Jewish population of the Bronx.[2] Rabbi Herschel Schacter led the congregation from 1947 to its 1999 close.[3][dead link]

The Neo-Renaissance building[4] was sold to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in 2000 and repurposed in 2003 as the Head Start pre-school program.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Kriegel, Leonard (2000). "Synagogues: On Being a Believing Nonbeliever". The American Scholar. 69 (4): 61–75. JSTOR 41213071.
  2. ^ Stewart, Barbara (November 22, 1999). "Final Sabbath for a Spiritual Hub; A Synagogue That Embodied an Earlier Bronx Is Closed". The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Longtime Mosholu Rabbi Hershel Schacter Dies". Norwood News. April 25, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2018.[dead link]
  4. ^ Dull, Ian (2009). Friedman, Ann-Isabel (ed.). "The Unsung Synagogues of New York City: Synagogues change shape in the Bronx" (PDF). Common Bond. 23 (1–2) (Special ed.). New York Landmarks Conservancy: 13. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  5. ^ Brostoff, Marissa (May 22, 2008). "A Bronx Tale: What Did the Archdiocese Do With Those Stained-Glass Windows?". The Forward. Retrieved November 5, 2018.