Reform
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Jewish
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synagogue
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located on
Fifth Avenue
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Manhattan
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New York City
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New York
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, United States. Built in 1868, it was demolished in 1927.
History
In 1868, the
Congregation Emanu-El of New York
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erected a new synagogue building for the first time, a
Moorish Revival
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structure designed by
Leopold Eidlitz
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, assisted by
Henry Fernbach
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Life
Fernbach was a Prussian Jew,a 1930s synagogue, also called Temple Emanuel-El.
Gallery
Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868) 2.jpg
Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868) 3.jpg
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, N. Y (NYPL b12647398-69772).tiff
Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868) interior.jpg