Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe Rabbi Maura Linzer Rabbi Leora Londy (Assistant)
Status	Active
Location
Location	220 South Bedford Road, Chappaqua, Northern Westchester, New York 10514
Country	United States
Location in New York
Geographic coordinates	41°09′13″N 73°46′09″W / 41.153593°N 73.769157°W / 41.153593; -73.769157
Architecture
Architect(s)	Louis Kahn (1972) Alexander Gorlin (2015)
Type	Synagogue
Style	Modernist
Date established	1949 (as a congregation)
Completed	1972
Specifications
Interior area	20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) (1972)
Materials	Spruce; concrete
Website
bethelnw.org

Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 220 South Bedford Road, in Chappaqua, Northern Westchester, New York, in the United States.

Founded in 1949,^[1] it is notable for its synagogue building, designed by Louis Kahn. Although Kahn designed other synagogues, this is the only one of his designs that was built.^[2]

According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Kahn accepted the commission in 1966, and completed plans for the octagonal sanctuary six years later, conceived as a Modernist memorial to the Eastern European Jewish past, after whose wooden synagogues it was patterned.^[3][4] A 23,000-square-foot (2,100 m²) extension of the synagogue, comprising a large social hall, a kitchen, classrooms, a nursery school, a library, a chapel, a lobby, and new bathrooms was completed by Alexander Gorlin Architects in 2015.^[5]

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