Bialystoker the Beautiful - a tour on December 25th
Visit the largest congregation on the Lower East Side, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling.
"Echoes" of Synagogues Past on the Lower East Side
Join us as we explore former synagogue buildings on the Lower East Side that have been lost to time, all now having new identities.
Jewish Crown Heights - a NEW walking tour - SOLD OUT
Join us on this NEW tour as we walk Crown Heights exploring the Hassid’s and Hipsters as well as the non Hassidic Jews in this diverse neighborhood.
Bialystoker the Beautiful - evening tour
Visit the largest congregation on the Lower East Side, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling.
Bialystoker the Beautiful - evening tour
Visit the largest congregation on the LES, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling.
"Echoes" of Synagogues Past on the Lower East Side
Join us as we explore former synagogue buildings on the Lower East Side that have been lost to time, all now having new identities.
Bialystoker the Beautiful - evening tour
Visit the largest congregation on the LES, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling.
Jewish Crown Heights - a NEW walking tour
Join us on this NEW tour as we walk Crown Heights exploring the Hassid’s and Hipsters as well as the non Hassidic Jews in this diverse neighborhood.
Bialystoker the Beautiful - evening tour
Visit the largest congregation on the LES, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling.
"Echoes" of Synagogues Past on the Lower East Side - A NEW Walking Tour
Join us as we explore former synagogue buildings on the Lower East Side that have been lost to time, all now having new identities
Bialystoker The Beautiful – Evening Tour
Visit the largest congregation on the LES, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster painted on the ceiling, and the walls are covered with magnificent murals.
Bialystoker The Beautiful – Evening Tour
Visit the largest congregation on the LES, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling, and the walls are covered with magnificent murals.
Bialystoker The Beautiful – Evening Tour
Visit the largest congregation on the LES, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling, and the walls are covered with magnificent murals.
Bialystoker The Beautiful – Evening Tour
Visit the largest congregation on the LES, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling, and the walls are covered with magnificent murals.
A Virtual Exploration of the Historic Henry Street Settlement on Zoom
Opening doors of opportunity for Lower East Siders for almost 130 years through social services, arts and it’s pioneering efforts in health care, this historic organization, that was visited by Princess Diana in 1989, will be explored virtually with a Public Historian.
Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side A new book talk on Zoom with author Jonathan Boyarin
The author spent a sabbatical year learning at MTJ, an Orthodox seminary that is New York’s oldest institution of rabbinic learning, This led him to write the book Yeshiva Days in which he shares a side of Jewish life outsiders rarely get to see.
Synagogues Lost to Time in the East Village - A Walking Tour - CANCELLED
Considered part of the Lower East Side, and not a separate neighborhood for a time, the East Village once had over four dozen synagogues. Join us as we contrast the past to the present, recreating the Jewish religious landscape from the East Village of yesteryear.
‘Kosher’ Nostra: Jewish Gangsters and the Lower East Side: A Walking Tour
Learn where leaders of the Jewish underworld began their nefarious activities, and discuss questions of morality, power & assimilation.
A Look-Back in Time on the Lower East Side With Urban Historian Mike Kaback - a talk on Zoom
Travel with us for about an hour on Zoom for this happy romp back in time, with some fabulous photos and heartfelt memories. Compare Mike’s reminiscences with those shared by friends and relatives, or even with some of your own.
Coping with Crowds: "ESCAPES" on the Lower East Side - an online talk with Dr. Sharon Keller
Escape comes in many forms; it can be a book in the library, a summer blockbuster, an open fire hydrant, or even just a moment on a playground swing. Join us for a zoom tour of the Lower East Side spanning more than a hundred years of time but only a few square blocks as we explore the ways that people used to escape from the filth, the noise, the heat, the crowds, and just everyday life.
The Power of Place: The Lower East Side of Past and Present - a NEW Tour
Urban historian Barry Feldman updates and expands his popular O! Multitudes! tour to fit into the landscape of 2019. The narrative will cover the historic iconic period of immigrant settlement on the Lower East Side (1880’s to 1924), and discuss demographic changes, housing and social issues, and failed depression era plans for neighborhood rehabilitation. The Lower East Side’s current status as a flourishing popular residential and commercial neighborhood will also be discussed.
This tour is a collaboration between the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC) and the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative (LESPI)
Giants Of The Lower East Side: A Passover Week Walking Tour
On this LES trek, co-sponsored by The Museum at Eldridge Street, learn about a famous Yiddish Socialist, a tenacious 26 year old nurse, a famous Rabbi, and a former bank building undergoing a major renovation. See the buildings where they lived, worked, and prayed.
Start with a kosher for Passover snack at the magnificent Eldridge Street Synagogue and end at the colorful Bialystoker Synagogue.