Hakafot
On the evening of Simhat Torah, a parallel hakafot ceremony for women is held in the Little Synagogue, accompanied by a choir of women congregants.
On the evening of Simhat Torah, a parallel hakafot ceremony for women is held in the Little Synagogue, accompanied by a choir of women congregants.
The little synagogue on Mill Street was the first structure designed and built to be a synagogue in continental North America.
Maud Nathan (1862-1946) was founder and first President of the Sisterhood of Shearith Israel, established in 1896.