Order of Service at the Dedication of the Synagogue of the Congregation “B’nai Jeshurun,”

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).

Hebrew Journal Print

New York

1885

Illustration of exterior of the Synagogue on front cover.

Singerman 3371 (locating just one copy).

Founded in 1825, Bnai Jeshurun was the second synagogue founded in New York and the third oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the United States. The order of prayers followed that of the Ashkenazi Great Synagogue of London and the congregation sought the guidance of the British Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirschell on matters of ritual. Throughout its history, the congregation’s shifts in locations reflected the northward move of New York City’s Jewish population.