Romemu

{{Short description|Synagogue in Manhattan, New York}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Romemu | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = [[Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = [[Non-denominational Judaism]] | festival =  | organisational_status = [[Synagogue|Congregation]] | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = {{ubl|Rabbi David Ingber|{{nowrap|Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses}}|Cantor Shimon Smith}} | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = {{nowrap|West End Presbyterian Church,}} 165 West 105th Street, <br/>[[Upper West Side]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 10025  | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = Manhattan | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|40.79958|-73.96607|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NY|format=dms|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = Rabbi David Ingber | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 2006 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|romemu.org}} | module =  | footnotes = }} '''Romemu''' is a [[Non-denominational Judaism|non-denominational]] [[Judaism|Jewish]] congregation that worships in the West End Presbyterian Church, 165 West 105th Street, on the [[Upper West Side]] of [[Manhattan]], in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The congregation was founded by Rabbi David Ingber in March 2006.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mission & History |work=Romemu |url=https://romemu.org/about/mission-history/ |access-date=2022-01-02}}{{self-published-inline|date=February 2024}}</ref> Romemu holds Shabbat and holiday services and adult education courses and runs the Seekers Hebrew School. Having established itself initially as '''Romemu Manhattan''', the congregation has outreach services as '''Romemu Brooklyn''' and '''Romemu Westchester'''.

== Overview == Romemu describes itself as "a welcoming, experiential, irreverently pious, intergenerational Jewish community that elevates and transforms individuals and communities into more compassionate human beings,"<ref name=":0" /> and seeks to expand spiritual engagement in Jewish religious practices.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Harounoff |first=Jonathan |date=2019-10-08 |title=Romemu strikes a popular balance of Jewish tradition and interfaith spiritual seeking |url=https://religionnews.com/2019/10/08/romemu-strikes-a-popular-balance-of-jewish-tradition-and-interfaith-spiritual-seeking/ |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=Religion News Service |language=en-US}}</ref> The organization is part of the [[Jewish Renewal]] movement, and has over 1,500 members.<ref name=":1" />

In 2019, the organization launched an annual summer [[yeshiva]] program, Romemu Yeshiva, offering what it described as a "[[neo-Hasidic]]" yeshiva experience merging spirituality, mysticism, and meditation with traditional text study.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sales |first=Ben |date=2019-07-17 |title=Tai chi with tefillin: Inside New York's quirkiest yeshiva |url=https://www.jta.org/2019/07/17/united-states/tai-chi-with-tefillin-inside-new-yorks-newest-yeshiva |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref>

Romemu is a member of the [[Jewish Emergent Network]].

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{official website|https://romemu.org}} * {{official website|https://romemu.org/romemu-manhattan-2/|Official website of Romemu Manhattan}}

[[Category:2006 establishments in New York City]] [[Category:Jewish Emergent Network]] [[Category:Jewish organizations established in 2006]] [[Category:Jewish Renewal]] [[Category:Synagogues in Manhattan]] [[Category:Unaffiliated synagogues in New York City]] [[Category:Upper West Side]]