Barnert Temple

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The '''Barnert Memorial Temple''' is a [[Reform Judaism|Reform Jewish]] [[synagogue]] located at 747 Route 208 South, in [[Franklin Lakes, New Jersey|Franklin Lakes]], [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]], [[New Jersey]], in the United States.

The congregation is led by Rabbi Rachel Steiner.

==History== The synagogue is the [[place of worship]] for the '''Congregation B'nai Jeshurun''' ([[transliteration]] from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] as "Children of the Upright"), founded in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] in 1847.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IV2a7CPrJGAC&q=barnert+temple+history&pg=PA144|first=Cipora O.|last=Schwartz|authorlink=|title= An American Jewish Odyssey - American Religious Freedoms and the Nathan Barnert Memorial Temple|pages=144 |publisher=Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc|date=February 28, 2007|isbn=978-0881259506}}</ref> The name "Barnert Memorial Temple" originally referred to its landmark building at Broadway and Straight Street in Paterson. It was named in honor of Miriam Barnert, the wife of [[Nathan Barnert]], a local real estate developer and Mayor of Paterson, who donated the building.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/01/13/archives/wants-his-memorial-back-exmayor-barnett-says-jew-congregation-have.html |title=WANTS HIS MEMORIAL BACK.; Ex-Mayor Barnett Says Jew Congregation Have Violated Deed of Gift |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=1908-01-13}}</ref> In 1970, the Paterson former synagogue building was [[deconsecrate]]d and converted into a warehouse.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Paterson/Images/Barnert-Temple-Closing-April-14-1970-Paterson-News.jpg |title=Barnet Temple closing |date=April 14, 1970 |work=Paterson News |publisher= |format=image |access-date= |via=Jewishgen.org }}</ref>

In 1987, the congregation moved to a new temple building in Franklin Lakes.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IV2a7CPrJGAC&q=barnert+temple+history&pg=PA144|first=Cipora O.|last=Schwartz|authorlink=|title= An American Jewish Odyssey - American Religious Freedoms and the Nathan Barnert Memorial Temple|pages=144 |publisher=Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc|date=February 28, 2007|isbn=978-0881259506}}</ref>

[[Helga Newmark]] was the first female [[Holocaust survivors|Holocaust survivor]] ordained as a rabbi;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3AT7pdxC2hw_IJ%3Aenglish-8.saintcats.org%2Fmodules%2Flocker%2Ffiles%2Fget_group_file.phtml%3Ffid%3D13501479%26gid%3D2555519%26sessionid%3D+helga+newmark+rabbi+born&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjJ1BwH3SzBY_P-UoaDTEgD-CTT4Xu2RHwayY2v99CPI4xNExg23CckBh7bcy8suMpu3AkQEW0GIm5WwU15q9RqLdFOoezZMBx91pF2bpD7DLQxVaTspWJXc-j7RlDVU5iRepDF&sig=AHIEtbQ-tIsBYNp_bZn1PST3Kez8yY5meA |title=docs.google.com |access-date=2021-04-19 |archive-date=2021-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307215639/https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3AT7pdxC2hw_IJ%3Aenglish-8.saintcats.org%2Fmodules%2Flocker%2Ffiles%2Fget_group_file.phtml%3Ffid%3D13501479%26gid%3D2555519%26sessionid%3D+helga+newmark+rabbi+born&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjJ1BwH3SzBY_P-UoaDTEgD-CTT4Xu2RHwayY2v99CPI4xNExg23CckBh7bcy8suMpu3AkQEW0GIm5WwU15q9RqLdFOoezZMBx91pF2bpD7DLQxVaTspWJXc-j7RlDVU5iRepDF&sig=AHIEtbQ-tIsBYNp_bZn1PST3Kez8yY5meA |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/142585166_Helga_Newmark__rabbi_late_in_life__dies.html |title=Helga Newmark, rabbi late in life, dies - NorthJersey.com |access-date=2012-07-01 |archive-date=2013-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104122245/http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/142585166_Helga_Newmark__rabbi_late_in_life__dies.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[http://huc.edu/newspubs/pressroom/article.php?pressroomid=2004 HUC-JIR: Press Room - In Memoriam: Rabbi Helga Newmark]{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> she was ordained in 2000<ref name=autogenerated4>[http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/142585166_Helga_Newmark__rabbi_late_in_life__dies.html?c=y&page=2 Helga Newmark, rabbi late in life, dies : page 2 - NorthJersey.com]</ref> and served as a rabbi at Barnert Temple for two years.<ref name=autogenerated4 />

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://barnerttemple.org/}}

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