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Congregation Or Zarua
Congregation Or Zarua is a Conservative synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1989 by under two dozen congregants, it completed construction of its current building in 2003. Led by founding rabbi Harlan Wechsler, its membership is approximately 325 families.
==History==
Or Zarua—whose name, taken from Psalm 97:11, means “Light is sown” (“Light is sown for the righteous and joy for the upright of heart.”)—was founded in 1989 by under two dozen congregants, led by current rabbi Harlan Wechsler. It conducted its first service on January 28, 1989 at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. Services were held monthly until after that year’s High Holidays. The synagogue office and Talmud class were housed at 1384 Lexington Avenue, across the street from the 92 Street Y.
In 1993, having outgrown its borrowed space, the congregation purchased the former Waldensian Church at 127 East 82 Street and refurbished it as a synagogue. The first service was conducted there in May 1993. The building itself had a rich and interesting history as a house of worship: it was built in the early 1880s as a synagogue by Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun; was sold in 1904 and occupied by a series of synagogues until 1950; then was bought by the Waldensian Evangelical Church.〔 At the time of the sale to Or Zarua, the church was the last remaining Waldensian congregation in New York City. The Waldensians—a Protestant sect originating in northern Italy and Switzerland—had been instrumental in saving Jews from the Fascists during the Second World War.
Or Zarua used the refurbished building for five years before beginning construction of its present building on the same site. Its new building, whose sanctuary is featured in Henri Stoltzman’s book ''Synagogue Architecture In America'', was dedicated in Spring 2003. It offers a daily minyan, weekly Friday night and Shabbat morning services, and holiday services on all Jewish festivals. In addition, it offers a full menu of educational, artistic and musical programs, including art shows in its Social Hall, a weekly Talmud class, lectures by noted figures on subjects of Jewish interest, and an in-house Klezmer band. Membership is approximately 325 families.
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