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BostonWalksIntegrating the urban, modern Jewish American city experience with its historical sites and themes in such locales as Boston, MA, Portland, ME, East Bay and Providence, RI, and the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC.
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FileneBest of BostonNYC UWSBrandeis Love Your NeighborWatertown, New Town, & Muddy RiverWalk Near WaterRefute Hate
Walk West/North Ends
We're One
Pray HereMeditationClubsBrooklineSensual WalksMore LoveReportingJewish BooksTENSouth End
What's a political mensch?
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Sing Sense to America
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Ezrath Israel - The Actors SynagogueThis liberal shul, very close to the great theaters of New York, not only serves its religious functions but also has become a synagogue for the arts. On any day of the week, visitors will discover there ongoing dance, yoga, and fine arts classes. It's located on W47th Street, near 8th Avenue. A great place to begin by reflecting on continuing Jewish involvement in New York theater arts. |
West End Synagogue, Lincoln Square Synagogue, Congregation Habonim, |
We now venture onward into the lower W70s.
Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Hineni, |
West Side Institutional Synagogue and the Carlebach Shul (Congregation Kehilath Jacob)
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Brandeis and Heschel SchoolsLouis Dembitz Brandeis High School Edward Albert Filene, one of two Filene brothers who grew their department store into one of the founding businesses of Federated Department Stores, today part of the Macy's conglomerate, also lived in Boston near the Brandeis residences. Click here to discover E. A. Filene's residence. The Brandeis School is located on W85th St. Heschel School Heschel School. Abraham Heschel, a philosophy professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, particularly was instrumental in describing the conservative movement's appreciation and awe of God and Shabbat. His sense of acting upon our golden rule was most poignantly expressed by his walking arm-in-arm with the Reverend Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights era. The upper west side has honored both Brandeis and Heschel with schools named after each man. The Heschel School is located on W89th Street. |
Bnai Jeshurun BJThe ruach at this shul rocks the rafters. My favorite experience here is the early kabbalat Shabbat service. Go to get revved up for Shabbat. Go with an open mind. Go with an enthusiastic voice. Go early if you expect to get a seat. BJ is located on W88 St. |
Ohav Shalom, Young Israel of the West Side, The Jewish Center and Manhattan Jewish Experience, Society for the Advancement of Judaism (SAJ), Aish HaTorah, and Rodeph ShalomOhav SholomOhav Shalom is a very heimish, modern orthodox shul. Its compactness easily lends to rousing traditional davening with a warm knowledgeable comraderie. Ohav Shalom is located on W85th Street.
Young Israel of the West Side
The Jewish Center and Manhattan Jewish ExperienceThe Jewish Center has an expansive theater-like main shul, with a low mehitza gender separator. Upstairs in the same building Manhattan Jewish Experience encourages growing Jewish ritual in a considerably less formal setting. The Jewish Center and Manhattan Jewish Experience Building is located on W86th Street.
SAJ is a reconstructionist synagogue with sometimes innovative and wide-ranging Shabbat programming. It's led by Rabbi Michael Strassfeld of Jewish Catalog renown. SAJ is located on W86th St.
Aish HaTorah provides continuing traditional (orthodox) informal education classes primarily for working Jewish singles. It also occasionally sponsors socials. Aish HaTorah is located on W83rd Street.
Rodeph Shalom is a large synagogue, representative of reform Judaism. It has active and interesting programming. Rodeph Shalom is located on W83rd Street.
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Shaare Zedek, Ohab Zedek, and Chabad of the West SideShaare ZedekShaare Zedek is a friendly, egalitarian conservative synagogue on West 93rd Street. Its the only conservative shul on the west side which has Shabbat mincha and seudah shlishi.
Ohab Zedek |
Ansche Chesed, The Jewish Theological Seminary, Ramath Orah, and the Kraft Hillel Center at Columbia UniversityAnsche Chesed |
Now, lets mention some of the retailers which we can notice on our path up the west side:
Ozu Restaurant and Supersol Market, are two of my favorite retailers of the Upper West Side.Ozu Kosher Dairy RestaurantOzu is located on Amsterdam Avenue between 86th and 85th Streets.
Supersol Kosher Market Supersol is located on Amsterdam Avenue, near 92nd Street.
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