Lenora Garfinkel

Garfinkel maintained an architecture office in Monsey, New York, for more than 50 years. The business was ranked in the top 8% of New York licensed contractors.^[6]

She designed the Atrium, an Ultra-Orthodox events space in Monsey, the Viznitz Synagogue,^[7] and the Masores Bais Yaakov school in Brooklyn.^[5] She became an authority on the religious regulations and design specifications for Jewish ritual institutions, including mikvahs and synagogues.

She was married to Sam Garfinkel, a pharmacist, in 1958. The couple had five children, 20 grandchildren, and over 50 great-grandchildren. Two of her sons are also architects.

Garfinkel died in April 2020, from COVID-19 in The Bronx during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Her son and grandson died from the virus within a week of her death.^[8]