When an architect has a dream to build a beautiful synagogue and teams up with a Chabad rabbi who has a vision for a dedicated community center, magic happens.
That is precisely what the Telyas Chabad Jewish Center of Hunterdon County, N.J., was recognized for when the center received the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Central New Jersey 2024 Design Award.
Even as the $7.5 million, 23,000-square-foot building continues to rack up accolades, Rabbi Eli and Rachel Kornfeld, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Hunterdon County, are more concerned with what’s happening inside the building—namely, the increase in Torah and mitzvot the upgraded Chabad center allows locals to achieve in Hunterdon County. Indeed the award-winning 23,000-square-foot Chabad center signals a thriving Jewish future.
