Millinery Center Synagogue

Millinery Center Synagogue

Millinery Center Synagogue

Millinery Center Synagogue
Location within New York City
Basic information
Location 1025 6th Avenue (38th St)
New York City, NY 10018 U.S.
Geographic coordinates 40°45′09″N 73°59′10″W / 40.752615°N 73.986044°W / 40.752615; -73.986044Coordinates: 40°45′09″N 73°59′10″W / 40.752615°N 73.986044°W / 40.752615; -73.986044
Affiliation Orthodox Judaism
State New York
Status Active
Architect(s) Hyman Isaac "H.I." Feldman
Architectural style Modernist
Art Deco
Completed 1948
September 12, 1948
(dedication)
Construction cost $150,000
Capacity 125
Length 60 feet
Width 19 feet

Millinery Center Synagogue is a Jewish Orthodox synagogue located in the Garment District of New York City.[1]

History

The synagogue was supported by the many millinery organizations that were based in the neighborhood.[2] A group of these ready-to-wear industry business men had been meeting in various spaces, mostly in a loft on West 36th Street. Their rabbi during this very loosely organized time was Rabbi Moshe Ralbag. In January 1933, the congregation was more formally organized and the name of the synagogue, the Millinery Center Synagogue, was agreed upon, although the meeting place was temporary, at 1011 Sixth Avenue, on the second floor.[3] Moe Brillstein (the father of film producer Bernie Brillstein)[4] became president and started a building fund. At that point the congregation came together and decided to build a synagogue.[5]

Due to the density of millinery businesses in the neighborhood, at its peak, services for daily minyan were typically so heavily attended that the prayer sessions were held in rotating shifts.[6]

Structure

H.I. Feldman
Millinery Center logo

The synagogue was built by H.I. Feldman,[5] a prolific,[7] Yale-educated architect who built thousands of Art Deco and Modernist-style buildings in New York City,[8][9] notably 1025 Fifth Avenue (between 83rd and 84th Streets) on the Upper East Side and the LaGuardia Houses on the Lower East Side, as well as many buildings that line the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Feldman and his company, The Feldman Company, also built the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies building (130 East 59th Street) and the United Jewish Appeal building (220 West 58th Street).[10]

There were wartime restrictions on building, so building was postponed for a time until 1947. The building's construction was completed in September 1948, and the synagogue was dedicated on September 12, 1948.[11]

Millinery Center Synagogue facade

The limestone building itself is narrow, approximately 19 feet wide by 60 feet deep,[12] and cost $150,000 to build.[11] It was notable for having air conditioning.[11]

Current

The synagogue has sold bedding sets on the street in front of the building in an attempt to meet its annual budget.[13] In the winter of 2013-2014, the building suffered water damage.[14]

Leadership

Rabbinical

Cantor

Presidents

  1. Moe Brenner, Willow Hat Co.[18]
  2. Harry Sperling, Lanrose Hat Co.[19]
  3. 1943-1950: Moe Brillstein
  4. 1950-1951: David Blum
  5. 1952-1953: Ernest "Ernie" Moskowitz
  6. 1953/4-1955/6: Abraham "Abe" Friedenberg
  7. 1955/6-1957/8: Meyer G. Kantor
  8. 1957/8-1959: Moe Brillstein
  9. 1959-: Israel E. Stillman
  10. Abraham "Abe" Kramer[20]

Founders

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Bleyer, Jennifer (18 March 2007). "The City: 'City of Refuge'". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Miller, Tom (17 March 2012). "The 1948 Millinery Center Synagogue -- No. 1025 6th Avenue". Dayton in Manhattan. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Millinery: Millinery Center Synagogue In Lease". Women’s Wear Daily (Volume 50, Issue 37). Fairchild Fashion Media. 21 February 1935. p. 18. ISSN 0043-7581. Retrieved 23 September 2015. ProQuest document ID 1653253799
  4. ↑ Brillstein, Bernie; Rensin, David (1999). Where Did I Go Right?: You're No One in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants You Dead! (1st ed.). Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-11885-9. OCLC 40954091. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 "New Synagogue Is Planned". The New York Times. 7 October 1945. p. 28. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Trebay, Guy (14 November 2000). "Dot-Coms Intrude in the Land of Needle and Thread". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Feldman Notes Widening Field For Architects in Last 30 Years". New York Herald Tribune. IHT Corporation. 2 September 1951. p. 1C. Retrieved 23 September 2015. ProQuest document ID 1321533100
  8. ↑ Gardner, James (21 July 2007). "A Building Now To Be Remembered". The New York Sun. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  9. ↑ Fatouros (née Feldman), Naomi (20 March 2002). "H. I. Feldman, NYC Architect: To The Editor". The City Review. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Ennis, Thomas W. (27 January 1981). "H.I. Feldman, Head of Architecture Concern, Dies". Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  11. 1 2 3 "Millinery Area Synagogue Is Dedicated Here: New Limestone Structure in Avenue of Americas Will Accommodate 125". New York Herald Tribune. IHT Corporation. 13 September 1948. p. 9. Retrieved 23 September 2015. ProQuest document ID 1327476516
  12. ↑ Levitt, Ellen (2013). The Lost Synagogues of Manhattan: Including Shuls from Staten Island and Governors Island: Including Shuls from Staten Island and Governors Island. Bergenfield, N.J.: Avotaynu, Inc. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-983-69752-7. OCLC 844074027.
  13. ↑ Lewine, Edward (3 May 1998). "Neighborhood Report: Garment District; Sheets, Towels And Prayers, In One Stop". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  14. ↑ Shapiro, Pablo (30 April 2014). "Millinery Center Synagogue, NYC". A Hobo's Travelogue. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Rabbi Alexander J. Burnstein, 80, Led Millinery Center Synagogue". The New York Times. 18 October 1980. p. 30. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths; Berger, Rabbi Abraham". The New York Times. 7 February 1999. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "Holler v. Goldberg - Norbert P. Holler et al., as Members of the Millinery Center Synagogue, Petitioners, v. Jeffrey Goldberg et al., as Officers and Board Members of the Millinery Center Synagogue, et al., Respondents.". Supreme Court, New York County. 8 February 1995. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "Millinery: Synagogue For Millinery District". Women's Wear Daily (Volume 49, Issue 119). Fairchild Fashion Media. 18 December 1934. p. 19. ISSN 0043-7581. Retrieved 23 September 2015. ProQuest document ID: 1654021534
  19. ↑ "Harry Sperling Again Heads Millinery Center Synagogue". Women's Wear Daily (Volume 62, Issue 32). Fairchild Fashion Media. 14 February 1941. p. 7. ISSN 0043-7581. Retrieved 23 September 2015. ProQuest document ID: 1699984032
  20. ↑ "Paid Obituaries: Kramer - Abraham, 85". Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale: Tribune Publishing Company. 11 June 1997. p. &B. Retrieved 23 September 2015. ProQuest document ID 388377631
  21. ↑ "Sam Neger". The New York Times. August 13, 1959. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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