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Other Sephardic Jews fled to South America. In 1654 a few reached Manhattan from Brazil and at once established the Spanish & Portuguese Synagog?North America's first. Until 1825 it was the only synagog in Manhattan. By that time sufficient German Jews had drifted into the community to organize Manhattan's first Ashkenazic congregation, B'nai Jeshurun.* Since then waves of northern and eastern Jews have spread over the U. S. and bred until last year U. S. Jews numbered some 4,230,000. But only 40,000 are Sephardic Jews, and most of these migrated from the Near East...
...moment allowing his day to be spoiled, Mr. Zukor rode with Mrs. Zukor beamingly beneath a triumphal arch, down a quaint main street, finally reached the synagog. "Welcome, welcome, Mr. Zukor," cried the Mayor of Ricse, and added somewhat redundantly, "We hail you as the greatest citizen of our village!" ( He is in fact the world's foremost cinema executive, president of Paramount-Famous-Lasky...
...year-old rabbi with a flowing white beard prayed for peace in a quavering voice. But this year's most notable observation of Rosh Hashanah, was in Manhattan, where the new and beautiful Temple Emanu-El, costing $8,000,000, was opened. Famed members of this synagog include, besides the late great Louis Marshall (TIME, Sept. 23), Daniel Guggenheim, Benjamin Mordecai, Adolph S. Ochs, Roger Williams Straus. Rabbi Nathan Krass told them the temple signified that "man doth not live by bread only...
...Rockefeller-given Riverside Church of Manhattan. Last week Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, who will be its pastor, gathered his flock into Temple Beth-El and there preached. Beth-El members now attend the new Emanu-El, and are therefore glad to accommodate the Christians by loaning them the vacated synagog...
...growing magnificence of the money-changers has by no means smothered religion in the Wall Street district. Only last week a new orthodox Jewish synagog opened its doors there for the first time. The synagog is merely an office building room given by Benjamin E. Greenspan, a lawyer. Some day he hopes to build a fitting edifice on the roof of one of the skyscrapers. Once indifferent to religion, Lawyer Greenspan found fresh faith two years ago when his eldest daughter miraculously escaped Death. Thereafter he prayed during every office day. Last week more than 100 Jews went...