David Smigel

Mar 10, 2025 | yuobserver.org | David Smigel |Hadar Katsman |Emily Goldberg

David Smigel, Staff WriterThis article was published in conjunction with “Struggle and Triumph: A (Brief) History of the Oldest Shul in Washington Heights.”How does a shul, once vibrant and bustling with families numbered in the hundreds, now stand desolate, struggling to even get a minyan on Shabbat mornings? Perhaps more pertinently, what can we do to help it?