Bay Ridge Jewish Center

We are here to make Judaism joyful and accessible, intellectually stimulating and welcoming to you. One hundred years ago, a group of Bay Ridge pioneers, decided it was time to establish a spiritual home for the area’s growing Jewish community. They had been meeting for prayer at various locations including the back of a local furniture store on Fifth Avenue, owned by Isidor Leichtman. In 1921, they officially incorporated as Congregation Sheiris Israel, also known as Bay Ridge Jewish Center. They raised funds and purchased the land upon which our current building now sits