Riverdale Jewish Center

The synagogue was founded by the Communal Services Division of Yeshiva University and has always identified itself as a bastion of that institution.^{[citation needed]}

Its rabbis have included its founder Jacob Sable, Irving Greenberg, Yehezkel Hartmann, Joshua Shmidman, Abner Weiss, and Jonathan Rosenblatt.^[2][3]

In May 2015, the New York Times claimed that Rosenblatt had a history—in the 1980s and 1990s—of inviting teenage boys to play squash or racquetball, often accompanied by sitting in a sauna naked together.^[4] There were no allegations of sexual touching or criminal conduct,^[5] and Rosenblatt retained his position as rabbi of the RJC.^[6][7]

The senior rabbi is Rabbi Dovid Zirkind, and the assistant rabbi is Rabbi Tzvi Benoff.^{[8][self-published source?]}

The charter school Atmosphere Academy uses part of the building for 8th-grade classes during the week.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2009 New York City bomb plot the New York City Police Department foiled a plot by American Muslims to bomb the synagogue.^[9] On May 30, 2009, New York Governor David Paterson announced he would give the Center and the Riverdale Reform Temple $25,000 each to improve their security.^[10]

In 2021, the synagogue was subject to vandalism, including rocks thrown through the synagogue's windows.^[11][12]

• Irving Greenberg^{[citation needed]}
• Joseph Lieberman^{[citation needed]}