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4 unusual facts about Lincoln Square Synagogue


Ephraim Buchwald

Ordained at Yeshiva University, where he was a student of Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, he served from 1973 for 15 years as the Director of Education at Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York, which became one of the largest and most successful centers for adult Jewish education programs in America.

Lincoln Square Synagogue

Cantor Goffin has been only Principal of the Lincoln Square Synagogue Feldman Hebrew School since 1965.

Cantor Sherwood "the Chaz" Goffin has served the synagogue since its founding in 1965.

Shlomo Riskin

At the age of 23, Riskin became the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City and served in that position until 1983.



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