After a 20-year, $20 million restoration project, a faithful two dozen Orthodox Jewish men are celebrating the salvation of Congregation K’Hal Adath Jeshurun Shul – better known as The Lower East Side Eldridge Street Synagogue. On Sunday, the historic Shul will be rededicated in time to mark its 120th anniversary as the first Shul built on the Lower East Side by Eastern European Jews.
The Shul is also to open a museum inside. With tours, lectures, interactive exhibits and cultural events, it will tell the story of the Shul and the immigrants who Davened there beginning in 1887.
(Source: NY Post)
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how many of the speakers are going to say that there is life after 120??
Is it worth spending 20(!)years of time and 20,000,000(!) on restoring an old Shul,especially for less than 25 people? It is a very nice idea, but think how much good and tzedakah could have been done with all that time and money!
Glad they finished in time for Cousin Lemmel’s bar mitzva!