Resources
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New York's Jewish community is one of the richest in the world , from historical synagogues on the Lower East Side to Yiddish theater, museums, art, and food stuffs across all five boroughs: we hope you will take the time to explore it in your time at Fordham!
Most synagogues are happy to have visiting students — a quick email to the office beforehand ("I'm a Fordham student and would love to join you for services/a meal") goes a long way.
Reform
- Stephen Wise Free Synagogue—30 W 68th Street
- Central Synagogue— 652 Lexington Ave
Conservative
- Congregation Habonim — 103 West End Ave (at W. 64th St)
Reconstructing
- West End Synagogue — 190 Amsterdam Ave
Orthodox
- Chabad of the West Sixties — 249 W 60th Street
- Lincoln Square Synagogue — 180 Amsterdam Ave
- Congregation Shearith Israel (Spanish Portuguese) — 2 W 70th Street
Unaffiliated:
- B'nai Jeshurun (BJ) — 257 W 88th Street
- Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) (historically LGBTQ+ congregation) — 130 W 30th St
- Hadar Institute (Yeshivat Hadar) — 210 W 93rd St — egalitarian traditional yeshivah
- Marlene Meyerson Jewish Community Center (JCC) — 334 Amsterdam Ave @76th — lots of programs, classes, and events, and a prominent leil Tikkun Shavuot, Jewish learning through the entire night during the holiday of Shavuot.
- The Base/Mem Global (Base Manhattan) — home-based community on the UWS, location for 20s-30s shared upon registration
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There are many kosher restaurants in Manhattan. This is a selection of those that are within a comfortable walking distance from campus. For a map of Manhattan kosher, vegan and vegetarian restaurants see here.
Restaurants within 1 mile (kosher certified)
- Broad Nosh Bagels - 314 W 58th St
- CATTLE Smoked Meats & Burgers – 245 W 46th St – pickup-only smokehouse
- Eshel – 507 Columbus Ave– Persian/Israeli meat
- Hummus Place – 305 Amsterdam Ave– vegetarian Israeli
- Malka – 161 W 72nd St– upscale Israeli restaurant meat
- Mexikosher / Amsterdam Burger NYC / Graze Smokehouse – all at 100 W 83rd St food hall– Mexican, burgers, BBQ (OU Glatt)
- Noi Due Cafe – 491 Columbus Ave – Italian dairy
Kosher Butcher/Deli/Grocery
- Fischer Brothers– 230 W 72nd St (~0.4 mi) – butcher, deli, prepared foods
Additional kosher supermarkets with ready-made foods (2 miles): Kosher Marketplace, Park East Kosher, and SIX 60 ONE.
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- Bronx Jewish Center @ Pelham Parkway — 900 Pelham Pkwy S
- Chabad of the Medical Community — 1954 Tenbroeck Ave
- Congregation Kehal Adath Yeshurun (Cruger Avenue Synagogue) — 2222 Cruger Ave
- Van Cortlandt Jewish Center — 3880 Sedgwick Ave, Bronx, NY 10463
Reform (2.5 miles away in Riverdale)
- Riverdale Temple— 4545 Independence Ave
Conservative (2.5 miles away in Riverdale)
- Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale (CSAIR)— 475 W 250th St
- Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center (Yiddish cultural center) — 3301 Bainbridge Ave
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There are no kosher resources in walking distance to the Rose Hill campus. Washington Heights and Riverdale are about 2-3 miles away.
Washington Heights
- Falafel Crunch – 2547 Amsterdam Ave –Israeli meat and Shabbat packages
- Golan Heights – 2553 Amsterdam Ave – Israeli meat and Shabbat packages
- Burgers & Grill – 2543 Amsterdam Ave –burgers
Riverdale
Restaurants
- Liebman's Deli – 552 W 235th St – classic Jewish deli, open on Shabbat
- Moss Café – 3260 Johnson Ave –farm-to-table
- Kai Fan – 3717 Riverdale Ave– American Chinese and sushi
- Second Helping Glatt Kosher Takeout & Catering – 3532 Johnson Ave - traditional Ashkenazi
- Carlos and Gabby's – 5685 Riverdale Ave–Tex-Mex/BBQ
- Riverdale Corner Café – 3718 Riverdale Ave -- dairy
- The Pizza Block – 5677 Riverdale Ave – pizza, sushi
Grocery/Butcher/Bakery (2-3 miles)
- Ha-Makolet – Shoshi's Market – 3714 Riverdale Ave – small Israeli corner store with prepared foods and the fluffiest fresh pittas
- Riverdale Glatt Shop – 3540 Johnson Ave– kosher butcher
- Riverdale Kosher Market – 5683 Riverdale Ave – fully kosher supermarket and prepared foods
- Gruenebaum Bakeries – 5663 Riverdale Ave – traditional bakery