Young Israel of Flatbush


Young Israel of Flatbush is a historic synagogue at 1012 Avenue I in Midwood, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It was built between 1925 and 1929 and is a three-story Moorish-inspired style building faced in polychromatic patterned brick. It features horseshoe arches, minarets, and polychromatic tiles.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

History

This synagogue was one of the earliest, and for a long time one of the largest, branches of the National Council of Young Israel, a movement that requires all branches to have a rabbi. This requirement was not strictly enforced, at the time; Rabbi Solomon Sharfman
was their first rabbi.

Rabbi Sharfman

Rabbi Sharfman served as the Rabbi "from 1938 until his retirement in 1984."

Rabbi Auman

Rabbi Kenneth Auman is the current sprititual leader of the congregation.