Soho Synagogue was a " hipster" synagogue located in the

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neighborhood of

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. On September 15, 2009, The SoHo Synagogue signed a 7-year lease for the ground floor of 43 Crosby Street, located between Spring and Broome Streets. Designer

Dror Benshetrit Dror Benshetrit is an Israeli artist, designer and inventor based in New York City. He opened his studio Dror in 2002 in New York and focuses on product, interior, installation and architectural design. His major works include a structural support ...

designed the synagogue space. The SoHo Synagogue was founded in 2005 by

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups ...

-Lubavitch Rabbi Dovi Scheiner and his wife Esty.

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* Synagogues in Manhattan SoHo, Manhattan Hipster (contemporary subculture) {{Manhattan-struct-stub