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Congregation Shearith Israel

The Congregation Shearith Israel, often called The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 2 West 70th Street, at Central Park West, on the of in , New York, United States.
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  • Type: Synagogue
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: synagogue in New York City
  • Also known as: “Congregation Sherith Israel” and “The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue”
  • Address: Central Park West, New York, NY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. is situated 2,400 feet north of Congregation Shearith Israel.

University
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is a private performing arts conservatory in . Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became , named after its principal benefactor Augustus D. is situated 1,600 feet west of Congregation Shearith Israel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Upper West Side.

Neighborhood
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is the name of both a and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

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The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in New York City. It forms the lower section of the Upper East Side, east of Park Avenue in the 60s and 70s.

Congregation Shearith Israel

Latitude
40.77486° or 40° 46′ 30″ north
Longitude
-73.97735° or 73° 58′ 39″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
Height
85 feet (26 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q2FF+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 269229979
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Geo­Names ID
6337276
Wiki­data ID
Q1435187
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Congregation Shearith Israel” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Congregation Shearith Israel”
  • Chinese: “以色列余民會堂”
  • Dutch: “Congregation Shearith Israel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيس مجمع شياريث اسرائيل”
  • Finnish: “Congregation Shearith Israel”
  • French: “Congrégation Shearith Israël”
  • German: “Shearith Israel”
  • Hebrew: “קהילת שארית ישראל”
  • Italian: “sinagoga Shearith Israel di New York”
  • Italian: “Sinagoga Shearith Israel di New York”
  • Ladino: “Congregation Shearith Israel”
  • Portuguese: “Congregação Shearith Israel”
  • Urdu: “جمیعت مابقا اسرائیل”

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