Temple Adath Yeshurun

Our name means “congregation of the righteous,” and for over a century we have striven to provide our community with the finest in religious, educational, cultural and social programs.

Our congregation was founded in 1867 by a group of young men, most of whom had emigrated from Neustadt, Poland, a town just across the German border. From its meetings in Tabor’s Hall and later Kauffman’s Hall on Mulberry Street, Congregation Adath Yeshurun, as it was known in the late 19th century, built its own synagogue at 75 Mulberry Street (now South State Street) in 1878. In 1922, when a larger structure was completed at South Crouse Avenue and Harrison Street, the congregation was incorporated as Temple Adath Yeshurun. Almost 50 years later, on June 20, 1971, the present spacious Temple dominating the hill on Kimber Road was dedicated. Our building was designed to serve not only the spiritual, educational and social needs of our members, but to provide a gathering place for the people of Central New York as well.