The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy is the only non-profit organization dedicated solely to the historic preservation of the Lower East Side's sacred sites. The Conservancy has formed relationships with the leaders of all of these sacred sites. It is these professional relationships that open doors for our visitors. They can experience the spectacular sacred sites of the Lower East Side from the inside out! A portion of the proceeds of each tour is returned to the sacred sites visited on that tour, contributing to their restoration and conservation.
Who has seen Social Realist painter Ben Shahn's mural in the Jersey Homesteads that tells the Jewish immigrant story to the United States? Jersey Homesteads (now called Roosevelt) was conceived as an industrial and agricultural cooperative for unemployed Jewish garment workers from crowded...
“The daughter of a German-Jewish family that still had close contact with relatives back in Berlin, Florence Mendheim would end her day’s work at the New York Public Library branch in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood and go spy on meetings of the Friends of New Germany, later the German American Bund.
"The poor Jewish immigrant married to a member of one of old New York’s wealthiest families – which made Rose Pastor Stokes a media sensation in the early 20th century. Rose was a fiery orator, outshining her husband on the stump. She often embarrassed his family with her support for birth control and other radical ideas."
“Tuna tartare is the new gefilte fish.” This proclamation came from Moshe Schonfeld, an owner of Ossie’s Fish, a kosher business found in grocery stores across Long Island and Brooklyn.' - Read all about kosher macarons and sausage!
"One thing I found quite striking is that Shandling’s yahrzeit was, on the Hebrew calendar, the 14th of Adar. Garry Shandling, the philosopher’s comedian and the comedian’s philosopher died on Purim 5776, the holiday celebrating Jewish laughter and absurdity. And it was through Purim that I...
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