Fired Park East rabbi holding rival services blocks from his old synagogue The rift that has divided the wealthy Upper East Side synagogue may be widening, as Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt has invited some members to another Shabbat service.
Park East: Fired rabbi says accusations of synagogue coup are ‘completely unfounded, and personally hurtful’ Rabbi Benjamin Goldschmidt was fired two weeks ago from his post as assistant rabbi of Park East Synagogue, a wealthy Upper East Side congregation.
A world-famous rabbi, a popular assistant and a succession crisis: Inside the rupture at Park East Synagogue The vaunted New York synagogue has been split in the days since Rabbi Arthur Schneier fired his assistant rabbi, Benjamin Goldschmidt.
