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November 18, 2019

Over a Century after Its Founding, New York’s Show-Business Synagogue Remains Open

Where the Three Stooges, Sandy Koufax, and Ed Sullivan all prayed.

Located on West 47th Street in Manhattan—not far from Times Square—the Actors’ Temple still holds regular services, having been revived about a decade ago when it came close to shutting its doors. Its primary connection to the theater district today is that it rents its space for off-Broadway performances on weekdays, but it was once a magnet for celebrities, as Josefin Dolsten recounts:

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