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Rebuilding the Temple on the Lower East Side

  • 1/7/08 at 5:00 PM
In the magazine this week, architecture critic Justin Davidson considers the recently restored Eldridge Street Synagogue, calling it a “splendid relic of a more deprived age.” Now a museum and Jewish cultural center, the synagogue opened in December after a decades-long restoration. We took our camera for a grand guided tour. Read the review, watch the video, and then take a trip downtown to see for yourself.

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Filed Under: cultural capital, eldridge street synagogue, jews, lower east side, video
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