Soho Synagogue

Soho Synagogue was an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 43 Crosby Street, in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.^[1][2]

SoHo Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Orthodox Judaism (former)
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue (2005–c. 2015)
Status	Closed
Location
Location	43 Crosby Street, SoHo, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Country	United States
Location of the former synagogue in Lower Manhattan
Geographic coordinates	40°43′18″N 73°59′55″W
Architecture
Architect(s)	Dror Benshetrit
Founder	Rabbi Dovi Scheiner Esty Scheiner
Funded by	Katrin and Tony Sosnick
Date established	2005 (as a congregation)
Completed	2011

The congregation was founded in 2005 by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Dovi Scheiner and his wife Esty.^[3][4][5]

On September 15, 2009, the SoHo Synagogue signed a 7-year lease for the ground floor of 43 Crosby Street, located between Spring and Broome Streets. Previously a Gucci retail outlet, designer Dror Benshetrit transformed the space into an oppulant synagogue to cater for the growing "hipster" Jewish community.^[6][7][8]

By 2015, the congregation, which did not charge a membership fee, was losing money. An online spin off of the physical synagogue, called Synago, was established in 2015,^[9] yet ultimately failed. In late 2015, Scheiner was trying to establish a similar synagogue in Los Angeles.^[10]

References

1. "Soho Synagogue". The Jewish Week. Archived from the original on September 23, 2008.^{[dead link]}
2. Liebman, Shana (May 21, 2005). "SoHo Synagogue - Orthodoxy for the Hipster Set". New York Magazine. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
3. "Home page". Chabad of Boulder. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
4. "Rabbi Pesach Scheiner's Brother Gets Home for Soho Synagogue". Boulder Jewish News. October 7, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
5. Liebman, Shana (April 15, 2005). "Can a Shul Be Cool?". New York Magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
6. "SoHo Synagogue / Dror". ArchDaily. August 1, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
7. Rubinstein, Dana (October 5, 2009). "Mazel Tov! Young Rabbi Inks Deal For Soho's Only Synagogue". The New York Observer'. Archived from the original on October 7, 2009.
8. Mala, Elisa (July 6, 2011). "Space of the Week: Not Your Father's Shul". New York Magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
9. Krueger, Alyson (October 13, 2015). "This Synagogue Is Breaking Away from a 2,000-Year-Old Model and Solving Judaism's Biggest Problem". Forbes. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
10. "New York's hip SoHo Synagogue sets sights on West Coast". Jewish Journal. October 28, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2024.

External links

• Official website^{[dead link]}