WELCOME TO THE SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE
Breathing a Creative Spirit Back into the East Village
From singles to new families to longtime residents, the Community Synagogue wholeheartedly welcome anyone interested in discovering a warm community, spiritual meaning, and a truly vibrant Jewish life.
We hope you’ll explore our community and consider it your own
LATEST UPDATES
We hope you will join us for all of the forthcoming important and exciting events at the shul - and may they open many new doors for you!
Jewish Art of the New Millennium series are back! On Tue August 24th, the shul is featuring artists Alicia Svigalls, Alicia Ostriker, and Alicia Jo Rabbins for performance and discussion. All info here.
It’s time to start thinking about the High Holidays! We’re have quite a program in planning - which includes a user-friendly “Alternative Downtown Minyan”. More info on that to come, but in the meantime, please mark your calendars of our special pre-holiday “marathon” training! Review the concepts behind the High Holidays, learn the tunes - all info on that is here.
Sixth Street Community Synagogue offers a variety of programs and ongoing events suitable for young professionals, families and others looking to explore not only their heritage, but themselves. A truly unique place, Community’s programs are eclectic, insightful, and fun. Learn more here.
- WEEKLY COMMENTARIES
- SPECIAL HOLIDAY EVENTS, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS DINNERS and PARTIES
- FAMILY PROGRAMS
- WRITING CLASSES
- THEATER, MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES
- GUEST SPEAKERS
- A PLACE FOR DISCUSSION, GROWTH AND COMMUNITY.
HISTORY
FOR GENERATIONS, the Community Synagogue has been a hub for intellectual, religious and social activity. Founded in 1940, the synagogue originally served a bustling, immigrant population within New York’s Yiddish theater district. TODAY, our modern orthodox congregation remains a resource for Jews from around the world and around the corner. We enthusiastically embrace the East Village’s diverse community, offering Jews of all backgrounds inspirational leadership, creative programming and religious services 365 days a year.The Community Synagogue occupies a unique place in the East Village’s history. The distinctive, pre-Civil War structure once housed the St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, which lost most of its congregation in a tragic fire aboard the General Slocum steamship in June 1904. The building stood empty for years afterward until it was brought back to life by a group of Jewish visionaries in November 1940. The Community Synagogue has been a focal point for downtown Jewish life ever since.
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