Congregation Ohab Zedek

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The First Hungarian Congregation Ohab Zedek, sometimes abbreviated as "OZ", is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1873 on the Lower East Side, and moved to Harlem, then to its present location on W 95th Street in 1926. OZ draws over 700 worshipers on Shabbos.[1]

The famous singer Yossele Rosenblatt was a cantor there from 1911 to 1926, and again in 1929.[2]

Ohab Zedek is noted for its Moorish Revival architecture. The interior of the present, 1926, building by architect Charles B. Myers features magnificent Mudejar style plasterwork.


As of 2007, the spiritual leaders are Rabbis Allen Schwartz, David Wilensky, and Murray Zucker.

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  2. ^ Yossele Rosenblatt (II), The remarkable career of Cantor Rosenblatt


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