""God was smiling at us one day," Mintz said in an interview."
""You can't go on StreetEasy and find a synagogue space exactly as you want it," Mintz said."
""And that space on 72nd Street, I guess we walked past it every day. But it took somebody - one of our members had this amazing idea.""
""strengthened the Jewish community.""
Rabbi Adam Mintz's fledgling Modern Orthodox congregation, Kehilat Rayim Ahuvim, needed a rental space on the Upper West Side that fit 50 to 80 people, provided a second room for kiddush lunch, and was available Friday nights, Saturdays, and major Jewish holidays. The congregation lacked funds to buy property and faced Manhattan's competitive real estate market. A congregant identified an appropriate venue inside the National Council of Jewish Women building on West 72nd Street. The rented arrangement offered below-market rent to the congregation and provided the NCJW with new income, creating a mutually beneficial partnership that strengthened the local Jewish community.
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