Name: 296th Anniversary of the Founding of New York City's First Synagogue
Start: 2026-04-10T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-10T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Seixas Way - Northwest Corner

296th Anniversary of the Founding of New York City's First Synagogue

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The Sixth Annual Ceremony honoring the 296th anniversary of the Consecration of the first Synagogue in North America.

Seixas Way - Northwest Corner

The Lower Manhattan Historical Association, in conjunction with the <a href="http://www.sonsoftherevolution.org/" title="http://www.sonsoftherevolution.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York</a> and its Fraunces Tavern Museum,<a href="http://americansephardi.org/" title="http://americansephardi.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a>the<a href="http://americansephardi.org/" title="http://americansephardi.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Sephardi Federation</a>, the <a href="http://www.tuj.org/" title="http://www.tuj.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Temple of Universal Judaism</a>, the Bowling Green Association, <a href="https://mjhnyc.org/" title="https://mjhnyc.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust</a>, <a href="http://www.chinatownpartnership.org/" title="http://www.chinatownpartnership.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the Chinatown Partnership</a>, <a href="http://www.chinatownpartnership.org/" title="http://www.chinatownpartnership.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">the Chinatown Business Improvement District</a>, The American Historical Association in the State of New York, <a href="https://nybr.org/" title="https://nybr.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The New York Board of Rabbis</a>, <a href="https://themuseumwithoutwalls.org/Home/Home" title="https://themuseumwithoutwalls.org/Home/Home" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">cultureNOW</a>, and the <a href="https://thejle.com/" title="https://thejle.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jewish Learning Experience</a> is commemorating the founding of New York City’s (and North America’s) first temple.On the seventh day of Passover April 8, 1730 the nascent Jewish community of New York City consecrated the Mill Street Synagogue at what today is 26 South William Street. <a href="http://www.shearithisrael.org/" title="http://www.shearithisrael.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Congregation Shearith Israel</a> which was has long since moved to the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The history of the Jewish communities in New York and its first native born Jewish leader, the most dedicated and influential Hazzan, Gershom Mendes Seixas, is well documented. In addition to his contributions to the Revolutionary War effort, he was also a trustee of Kings College and participated in George Washington’s Inauguration. The street was co-named Seixas Way on April 8,2019. In August 2019 a plaque was installed at 22 South William Street to commemorate the Mill Street Synagogue. It is, therefore, our intention to raise the community’s awareness regarding the important contribution of Seixas and his congregation to the rise of New York as that most cosmopolitan of American cities.The ceremony will involve the presentation of the Gershom Mendes Seixas Religious Freedom Award to the Museum at Eldridge Street which has fostered Rabbi Seixas’ ideals of religious freedom. Free EventRSVP recommended

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