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The Congregation Habonim is a Conservative synagogue located at 103 West End Avenue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The congregation was founded in 1939 by German-Jewish immigrants who fled Nazi persecution. The founding rabbi was Hugo Hahn and his son-in-law Bernard Cohn.cite-ref-history-1-0[1] The congregation’s first building, on West 66th Street in Manhattan, was completed in 1958.cite-ref-history-1-1[1] The building was demolished in 2017 to make way for the development of an apartment building that would also house the congregation's synagog upon completion.cite-ref-2[2]

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cite-note-history-11. ↑ "History of Habonim". Congregation Habonim. Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2013.

cite-note-22. ↑ citerefsider2019Sider, West (March 11, 2019). "West Siders Face Off at Meeting Over Development Tactic that Lifts Building Heights". West Side Rag. Retrieved April 23, 2025.

• Carol Kahn Strauss Family Collection at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. This collection includes a series of documents on the Congregation Habonim, including bulletins, newspaper clippings, and copies of several anniversary journals.

• Official website