| Khal Adath Jeshurun | |
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 Khal Adath Jeshurun synagogue in 2011 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Rite | WesternNusach Ashkenaz |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | RabbiYisroel Mantel |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 85-93 Bennett Avenue,Washington Heights,Manhattan,New York City,New York 10033 |
| Country | United States |
  Location inNew York City | |
| Coordinates | 40°51′12″N73°56′07″W / 40.85336°N 73.93520°W /40.85336; -73.93520 |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | Rabbi Dr.Joseph Breuer |
| Established | 1939(as a community) |
| Completed | 1952 |
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Khal Adath Jeshurun, officiallyK'hal Adath Jeshurun,[1] abbreviated asKAJ, is anOrthodox Jewish community andsynagogue located at 85-93 Bennett Avenue in theWashington Heights neighborhood ofManhattan inNew York City,New York, United States.
The community includes a high proportion ofAshkenaziGerman Jews and follows theWestern Ashkenazic rite, unlike most Ashkenazic synagogues in the United States, that follow the Eastern Ashkenazic (Polish) liturgical rite.[2] The Western Ashkenazic rite covers the community's liturgical text, practices, andmelodies. The community uses theRödelheimSiddur Sfas Emes edited byWolf Heidenheim andSeligman Baer, although the community's rite varies in some places from Rödelheim.
The community has an affiliated synagogue in the heavily Orthodox Jewish community ofMonsey.
The community is a direct continuation of the pre-Second World War Jewish community ofFrankfurt am Main led bySamson Raphael Hirsch. Khal Adath Jeshurun bases its approach, and structure, on Hirsch's philosophy ofTorah im Derech Eretz; it was re-established according to the protocol originally drawn in 1850, to which the community continues to adhere.
K'hal Adath Jeshurun was founded in 1939 in Washington Heights by refugees from Germany, followingKristallnacht. The community is colloquially called "Breuer's" after Rabbi Dr.Joseph Breuer, founder of the community and its first rabbi. He was a grandson o{{f Samson Raphael Hirsch.[3]
The current synagogue building was completed in 1952, renovating initial premises at 90 Bennett Avenue.
True to the "full-service community" as originally established in Frankfurt, the community includes a synagogue, anelementary school (located at 85 Bennett Avenue), various educational facilities, a social hall, a boyshigh school, and akollel. It formerly included a girls high school, a post-high school girls seminary, and a post high schoolBeth Midrash program. TheKehilla also offers its members amikveh,Kashrut supervision andShechitah.[4] The yeshivas go under the nameYeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. It also offers an independentChevra kadisha. The members of the community tend to live in the buildings on Bennett Avenue, Overlook Terrace, and the adjacent cross streets towards the west and Fort Washington Avenue.
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