Kane Street Synagogue gets $750K to restore façade
The Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust has awarded Kane Street Synagogue $750,000 to restore the façade, including the east and west towers, of its historic sanctuary. Synagogue member Amy Goldman Fowler, trustee of the trust, informed the synagogue of the award on March 27.
The grant continues a history of Goldman family generosity to Kane Street, which included a $1 million gift made by Lillian Goldman, as trustee of the Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust Fund of the Sol and Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, used for the reconstruction of the synagogue’s community building. Upon completion of the reconstruction in 2004, the building was re-named the Sol and Lillian Goldman Educational Center. It now serves as home to Kane Street Kids, the synagogue’s pre-school, the synagogue’s after-school Hebrew school and its adult learning center.
In announcing this grant, longtime member and past President Judith R. Greenwald noted, “Architectural critic and Columbia University Professor Francis Morrone, in his book, ‘Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn,’ compliments Kane Street Synagogue, calling the Congregation ‘the proud steward of this fine building.’ The loyalty and devotion of member Amy Goldman Fowler and her parents, members Sol and Lillian Goldman, and indeed three generations of Goldman family members, which include Sol Goldman’s parents, Fannie and Louis Goldman, are to be thanked for helping us deserve that compliment.”