Temple Israel of the City of New York

Year: 1967
Style: Brutalism
City: Manhattan, NY

Temple Israel of the City of New York is a Reform Jewish congregation whose current building, completed in 1967, is done in the Brutalist style. The congregation traces back to an 1873 incorporation and had already built and outgrown three earlier homes before settling into this one.

the style

The 1967 building marks a striking break from the congregation's earlier synagogues, trading historical revival styles for the raw, heavy massing of Brutalism, a choice that reads as a deliberate statement of modernity from the sidewalk.

significance

The congregation has been served by only five senior rabbis since its founding: Maurice H. Harris, William Rosenblum, Martin Zion, Judith Lewis, and David Gelfand.

nearby

Church of the Resurrection 230 ft · Gothic Revival · 1869
Saint Jean Baptiste Church 410 ft · Renaissance Revival · 1913
170 East 73rd Street Carriage House 0.2 mi · Renaissance Revival
157 East 78th Street House 0.2 mi · Italianate · 1861
210 East 78th Street House 0.2 mi · Renaissance Revival · 1865
East 80th Street Houses 0.2 mi · Colonial Revival

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