1media/000 7_thumb.jpg2020-07-29T11:49:41-07:00Queens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0377133
As in all traditional (Orthodox) synagogues, there are separate seating areas for men and women. In most New York immigrant synagogues this means that men are seated on the main sanctuary floor and women are seated upstairs in galleries, that cover two or three sides of the building interior. At KKJ the gallery, shown here in a view looking south, also serves as the congregation’s museum.
As in all traditional (Orthodox) synagogues, there are separate seating areas for men and women. In most New York immigrant synagogues this means that men are seated on the main sanctuary floor and…
plain2020-12-01T08:42:01-08:00Queens College Special Collections and Hellenic American Projectcirca 1999-2010Vincent Giordano Collection on the Greek-Jewish Community in New York City and Ioannina, GreeceShared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Lower East Side, (New York, N.Y.)Giordano, VincentQueens College Special Collections and Archivese5d75124350046eec0e648a38e4b73292f02c4b0
As in all traditional (Orthodox) synagogues, there are separate seating areas for men and women. In most New York immigrant synagogues this means that men are seated on the main sanctuary floor and women are seated upstairs in a gallery that covers two or three sides of the building interior. The Kehila Kedosha Janina women's gallery also serves as the congregation’s museum (shown here in a view looking south).
