| Lincoln Park Jewish Center | |
|---|---|
 Lincoln Park Jewish Center | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Modern Orthodox Judaism |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rabbi Sebbag |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 311 Central Park Avenue, Lincoln Park,Yonkers,Westchester County,New York |
| Country | United States |
  Location just outside theNew York City boundary | |
| Coordinates | 40°55′00″N73°52′22″W / 40.916567°N 73.872693°W /40.916567; -73.872693 |
| Architecture | |
| Established | 1938 |
| Website | |
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TheLincoln Park Jewish Center is aModern Orthodoxsynagogue located in 311 Central Park Avenue in the Lincoln Park section ofYonkers, inWestchester County,New York, United States.
The originallyAshkenazi congregation was founded in 1938.[1] Elliott Palais, a former president of the Lincoln Park Jewish Center said that the synagogue building "was designed by Eli Rabineau, the same architect who designed the Grinton I. Will Library in Yonkers and Bet Torah in Mount Kisco."[1]
The Lincoln Park Jewish Center revitalized in the early 21st century by Rabbi Rigoberto Emanuel Viñas, a Cuban-American Jew. According to theNew York Times, Viñas attracted a large number of Hispanic Jews to the congregation, including Holocaust survivors who had settled inBuenos Aires,Argentina, and Jews with roots inCuba,Puerto Rico, andSpain.[2][3][4] He was particularly noted for performing "ceremonies of return" foranusim.[2][5]
In early 2017 the synagogue building was sold to Brooklyn congregation Vayetar Yitzchok, after the Lincoln Park Jewish Center's membership declined from 350 to 65 families. Vayetar Yitzchok had about 200 member families and shared a synagogue in Brooklyn with another congregation, according to Lazar Lieberman, Vayetar Yitzchok's rabbi.[1]
