Jericho Jewish Center

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The '''Jericho Jewish Center''' is a [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] congregation and [[synagogue]] located at 430 North Broadway, [[Jericho, New York|Jericho]], [[New York (state)|New York]], in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 13, 2008 |title=Faith in The City |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/411058269/ |work=New York Daily News }}</ref>

== History == The congregation was established in 1955, when it began meeting on a local private estate. Construction of the Jericho Jewish Center synagogue began in June 1959,<ref>{{cite news |date=June 28, 1959 |title=Jericho Gets Jewish Center |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/06/29/89216624.pdf |work=The New York Times }}</ref> and was completed in 1960.<ref name=Poliakoff>Poliakoff, Ira. ''Synagogues of Long Island'', [[Arcadia Publishing]], 2017. {{isbn|9781439663493}}</ref> The Iken STEM Science Academy Preschool, housed in the Jericho Jewish Center, opened in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 20, 2016 |title=STEM preschool, legacy of 9/11, to open in Jericho in September |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/stem-preschool-a-legacy-of-9-11-to-open-in-jericho-in-september-1.12070951 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722120906/http://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/stem-preschool-a-legacy-of-9-11-to-open-in-jericho-in-september-1.12070951 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2016 |work=Newsday }}</ref>

In 2022 it was reported that the congregation's attempts to consolidate with a nearby Conservative congregation, the Woodbury Jewish Center, failed and that the future of the Jericho Jewish Center was uncertain. Rabbi Matthew Abelson stood down from his position following a vote to merge the congregations.<ref>{{cite news |author=Prince, Cathryn J. |title=NY synagogue’s looming demise highlights Conservative Judaism’s struggles to survive |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-synagogues-looming-demise-highlights-conservative-judaisms-struggles-to-survive/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=August 9, 2022 |access-date=November 15, 2023 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Temple Beth-El (Great Neck, New York)]]

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==External links== * {{official|https://www.jerichojc.com/}}{{deadlink|date=November 2023}}

{{Synagogues in the United States}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Synagogues in Nassau County, New York]] [[Category:Conservative synagogues in New York (state)]] [[Category:Jericho, New York]] [[Category:20th-century synagogues in the United States]] [[Category:Jewish organizations established in 1955]] [[Category:Synagogues completed in 1960]] [[Category:1955 establishments in New York (state)]]