Congregation Ahavath Torah

Congregation Ahavath Torah is a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Englewood, New Jersey.[1][2][3]

History

The synagogue traces its roots back to 1895, and was the first synagogue in Bergen County, New Jersey.[4][1][5] Over the years it has been located on Liberty Road, Drurie Avenue, Humphrey Street, Englewood Avenue, and now Broad Avenue.[1][5] In 1995 the synagogue had 540 families.[1] In 2016, in opened a mikveh with two pools.[6] In 2017 it had about 750 families.[7]

References
  1. Kerry M. Olitzky, Marc Lee Raphael (1996). The American Synagogue:A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook, Greenwood, ISBN 0313288569.
  2. Curt Schleier (April 23, 2020). "The musician Shulem on being the first artist raised Hasidic to sign with a major record label". Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  3. Viders, Hillary (December 21, 2018). "Extraordinary Englewood: Rabbi Chaim Poupko". Northern Valley Press.
  4. Friedman, Jeanette (July 6, 2006). "Ahavath Torah expands". Jewish Standard.
  5. Bobbie Bouton-Goldberg, Arnold Brown, Mary Buchbinder (1998). Englewood and Englewood Cliffs, Arcadia, ISBN 0752413244.
  6. Schwartz, Bracha (July 28, 2016). "Mikvah Opens at Englewood's Ahavath Torah". Jewish Link.
  7. Palmer, Joanne (April 27, 2017). "Another trip on Goldin Way". Jewish Standard.

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