Barnert Temple

Barnert Temple
Barnert Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Rachel Steiner; Rabbi Eliza Scheffler (Assistant); Rabbi Elyse Frishman (Emerita);
Status	Active
Location
Location	747 Route 208 South, Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, New Jersey 07417
Country	United States
	Location in Bergen County, New Jersey
Geographic coordinates	41°00′49″N 74°12′38″W / 41.01360°N 74.21053°W
Architecture
Type	Synagogue
Date established	1847 (as a congregation)
Completed	1987
Website
	barnerttemple.org

The Barnert Memorial Temple is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 747 Route 208 South, in Franklin Lakes, Bergen County, New Jersey, in the United States. The synagogue is the place of worship for the Congregation B'nai Jeshurun (transliteration from Hebrew as "Children of the Upright"), founded in Paterson in 1847. In 1987, the congregation moved to a new temple building in Franklin Lakes.^[1]

The congregation is led by Rabbi Rachel Steiner.

The name "Barnert Memorial Temple" originally referred to its landmark building at Broadway and Straight Street in Paterson. It was named in honor of Miriam Barnert, the wife of Nathan Barnert, a local real estate developer and Mayor of Paterson, who donated the building.^[2] In 1970, the Paterson former synagogue building was deconsecrated and converted into a warehouse.^[3]