The Judaica Place

What The Judaica Place does

The Judaica Place is a family-owned Jewish books and Judaica retailer founded in 1994 and headquartered in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY. The company operates a brick-and-mortar storefront alongside an e-commerce site built on the WebSell platform with PCI-compliant payment handling, distributing an inventory of more than 25,000 products spanning sefarim (Jewish religious books), Tanach and Talmud editions, halacha and Chumash titles, tallit and tefillin, kippot/yarmulkas, holiday merchandise, and multilingual volumes in Hebrew, French, Russian, Yiddish, and Spanish. Revenue is generated through unit-level retail pricing on stocked SKUs, project-based custom orders (custom benchers with a 60-unit minimum and rush-fee tier, personalized tallis/tefillin bags, custom kippot), and small-batch institutional sales. The customer base is primarily individual Orthodox Jewish consumers in the New York tristate area, supplemented by synagogues and Jewish day schools accessed via the School Affiliate Program, and by lifecycle-event purchasers using the gift registry service.

The underlying technology footprint is conventional rather than differentiated: standard e-commerce catalog, checkout, and gift-registry functionality hosted on WebSell, with PCI compliance for payment processing and no disclosed custom platform development, proprietary data assets, or AI/ML components. International shipping is not currently offered, which constrains the geographic footprint to the United States and, in practice, to customers willing to source within the domestic Judaica supply chain. The business model is straightforward retail plus light customization, with no disclosed subscription, marketplace, wholesale distribution, or licensing revenue lines, and no external funding events or institutional capital structure in the source data.

Commercial strategy emphasizes category depth, niche specialization, and community-positioned customer relationships rather than scale advantages. The School Affiliate Program, gift registry, custom bencher and tallis services, and dedicated holiday sub-stores are layered onto the core catalog as incremental revenue and engagement mechanisms. The company is privately held, family-operated, and discloses no revenue, headcount, or unit volume figures in publicly available material.

Name

The Judaica Place

Legal name

The Judaica Place

Website

https://judaicaplace.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Judaica Place is a family-owned Flatbush, Brooklyn retailer founded in 1994 selling 25,000+ Jewish books, ritual items, and holiday goods through a physical store and e-commerce site, serving Orthodox Jewish families, synagogues, and day schools with custom and bulk offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Goods Retail

NAICS

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers (459), Book Retailers and News Dealers (4592), Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers (45942), Hobby, Toy, and Game Retailers (45912)

SIC

Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores (5940), Retail-Hobby, Toy & Game Shops (5945)

akta.pro primary industry

Religious & Spiritual Books Retail (CRALAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spiritual, Metaphysical & Inspirational Gifts Retail (CRALAJAJ), Seasonal & Holiday Craft Supplies Retail (CRALACAI)

Keywords

• Jewish books retail
• Judaica products
• Religious gift store
• Holiday merchandise
• Custom Judaica

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Retail Sales: Online sales of Jewish books, religious items, and Judaica through the company's website. Products include seforim, tallit, tefillin, mezuzahs, kippahs, kosher kitchen items, holiday-specific merchandise, and personalized/custom items.
2. Retail Store Sales: Brick-and-mortar retail sales at 1917 Avenue M, Brooklyn, NY location serving walk-in customers. Open daily with extended hours on Thursdays and modified Friday hours.
3. Custom Product Orders: Customized items including benchers (minimum 60 units for stamping), personalized yarmulkas, custom tallit bags, and custom tzitzis products. Processing fees include $60 rush fee for 2-3 week turnaround, $100 rush fee for 1-2 week turnaround.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Judaica Place retails Jewish books (Seforim) and Judaica merchandise through an e-commerce website and a brick-and-mortar store in Brooklyn, NY. The assortment covers English and Hebrew religious texts, prayer shawls, tefillin, mezuzahs, tzitzis, kippahs, Shabbos essentials, holiday goods, kosher kitchenware, Jewish jewelry, gifts, toys, music, and custom products. Value-added services include bencher customization, personalized Judaica, gift registries, and a school affiliate program.

Product overview

The Judaica Place is an e-commerce retail platform and physical store specializing in Jewish books (Seforim) and Judaica items. The company operates as a single unified e-commerce platform offering over 25,000 products across multiple categories. The core product portfolio includes English-language Jewish books covering Bible/Tanach, Halachah, Hashkafah, Mussar, and children's literature, alongside Hebrew Seforim including Chumashim, Talmud/Gemara, Siddurim, Machzorim, and classical commentaries. Religious essentials form a major category including Tallis & Prayer Shawls, Tefillin, Mezuzahs, Tzitzis, and Kippahs. The Shabbos Essentials category features Challah boards, Kiddush cups, candle holders, and Havdallah sets. Additional offerings include Jewish home decor, jewelry, kitchen/dining items with kosher themes, toys/games, music/DVDs, Torah audio, and software. The company provides value-added services including Personalized Judaica customization, Bencher Customization for lifecycle events (minimum 60 units), Gift Registries for weddings and lifecycle events, and a School Affiliate Program for bulk orders. Specialized Holiday Stores serve customers for High Holidays, Sukkos, Chanukah, Purim, Passover, and Shavuos.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jewish Books (English)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 25,000 products available for immediate purchase
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Israel Book Shop: Brooklyn-based Jewish bookstore and Judaica retailer carrying seforim, children's books, and religious items. Comparable in physical retail + online hybrid model and Orthodox customer base.
• Judaica.com: Long-standing online Judaica retailer offering a comparable breadth of Jewish books, religious items, gifts, and home decor. Directly competes for the same e-commerce customer across the US Orthodox Jewish market.
• World of Judaica: Online Judaica retailer offering tallis, tefillin, books, jewelry, and home decor. Comparable in product breadth and target demographic to The Judaica Place.
• Eichler's.com: Specialty Judaica retailer (formerly Eichler Books) selling seforim, religious items, and Jewish gifts. Directly comparable in product mix, custom services, and Orthodox Jewish target customer.
• SeforimWorld: Brooklyn-based online seforim and Judaica specialist with comparable Hebrew/English book catalog and religious item assortment. Directly competes in the same Flatbush-adjacent Orthodox customer base.

Broad incumbents

• ArtScroll / Mesorah Publications: Dominant publisher of English Jewish books and seforim, with extensive distribution. The Judaica Place is a downstream retailer of ArtScroll titles; ArtScroll represents a content supplier that could disintermediate over time.
• Feldheim Publishers: One of the largest English-language Jewish book publishers, also operating direct retail through their website. Comparable as a publisher-retailer for seforim and Jewish law/thought titles carried by The Judaica Place.
• Amazon (Jewish Books & Judaica): Carries a broad selection of Jewish books, religious items, and gifts with Prime shipping. Represents the largest competitive threat on selection, price, and delivery speed in the same online Judaica category.

Regional players

• The Israeli Shop: Online Judaica retailer based outside the core NY Orthodox market. Comparable product mix (religious items, books, gifts) but serves a broader US customer base with less concentration in Flatbush Brooklyn.

Emerging players

• Etsy (Jewish/Judaica Sellers): Marketplace hosting many small Judaica artisans and custom yarmulka/tallis/bencher makers. Overlaps with The Judaica Place's custom and personalized Judaica services, particularly for lifecycle events.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/judaica-place

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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