Barnert Temple

Barnert Temple
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Rachel Steiner
  • Rabbi Eliza Scheffler (Assistant)
  • Rabbi Elyse Frishman (Emerita)
StatusActive
Location
Location747 Route 208 South, Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, New Jersey 07417
CountryUnited States
Geographic coordinates41°00′49″N 74°12′38″W / 41.01360°N 74.21053°W / 41.01360; -74.21053
Architecture
TypeSynagogue
Date established1847 (as a congregation)
Completed1987
Website
barnerttemple.org

The Barnert Memorial Temple is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 747 Route 208 South, in Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, New Jersey, in the United States. The synagogue is the place of worship for the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun (transliteration from Hebrew as "Children of the Upright"), founded in Paterson in 1847. In 1987, the congregation moved to a new temple building in Franklin Lakes.[1]

The congregation is led by Rabbi Rachel Steiner.

The name "Barnert Memorial Temple" originally referred to its landmark building at Broadway and Straight Street in Paterson. It was named in honor of Miriam Barnert, the wife of Nathan Barnert, a local real estate developer and Mayor of Paterson, who donated the building.[2] In 1970, the Paterson former synagogue building was deconsecrated and converted into a warehouse.[3]

References

  1. ^ Schwartz, Cipora O. (February 28, 2007). An American Jewish Odyssey - American Religious Freedoms and the Nathan Barnert Memorial Temple. Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc. p. 144. ISBN 978-0881259506.
  2. ^ "WANTS HIS MEMORIAL BACK.; Ex-Mayor Barnett Says Jew Congregation Have Violated Deed of Gift". The New York Times. January 13, 1908.
  3. ^ "Barnet Temple closing" (image). Paterson News. April 14, 1970 – via Jewishgen.org.


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