New ‘Yelp guide for synagogues’ showcases Manhattan’s Jewish diversity
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- Andrew Waxman’s book documents a year spent attending a different synagogue service each week in New York.
- The project presents Manhattan’s Jewish communities through a guide likened to Yelp for synagogues.
- Waxman found the experience offered more to examine than the food served after prayers.
Andrew Waxman spent a year attending a different synagogue service each week in New York, turning the experience into a book called “My Year in New York Synagogues.”
The project is presented as a kind of Yelp guide for Manhattan synagogues, showcasing the diversity of Jewish life in the city. Waxman found that there was much more to review than the post-prayer kiddush spreads.
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Originally published by Times of Israel in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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