We hold Shabbat services Friday Evenings at 5:45, Saturday Mornings at 10:30
Sabbath Eve services are brief, Kabbalat Shabbat gatherings followed by a kiddush. Shabbat Morning services include Torah study and discussion. All are welcome.


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Temple Israel of the City of New York was established in 1870, in Harlem. From Harlem, the congregation moved to the Upper West Side, and in the early '60s to our current home on the Upper East Side. The congregation is committed to a modern, intellectual approach to Judaism. We are a diverse community in every aspect -- age, ethnic origins, family constellations, political and social perspectives, etc. We are united by our struggle to integrate a meaningful Jewish life with the modern reality of American culture.

Temple Israel emphasizes a sense of community, and communal celebration of calendar and life-cycle events. We call only one Bar or Bat Mitzvah to the Torah on any given Sabbath, and have limited the size of the congregation to that which can join together at one time to worship in our sanctuary (approximately 1000 individuals). At the same time, we offer the full range of religious, educational, communal, and social programs found in much larger congregations, including an Early Childhood Learning Center, and an afternoon religious school program.

Temple Israel is especially concerned with encouraging those who are attempting to build creative Jewish homes -- those who were not born into a Jewish home, those who were raised with little Jewish content in their familes, and those who are searching for a Judaism which is consistent with contemporary intellectual perspectives in the secular world. Toward that end, we sponsor - in conjunction with Hunter College - a seminar on The Future of Modern Judaism. The papers are published each year, and a copy may be obtained by writing or phoning the congregation.

Please feel free to call our office for further information.



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We are a member of UAHC - the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
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We are a member of UAHC - the Union of American Hebrew Congregations