Our Mission
The Museum at Eldridge Street, founded as the Eldridge Street Project in 1986, presents the culture, history and traditions of the great wave of Jewish immigrants to the Lower East Side drawing parallels with the diverse cultural communities that have settled in America. The Museum is located within the National Historic Landmark Eldridge Street Synagogue, which opened its doors in 1887. Nearly lost over time, this magnificent Moorish-Revival structure has been meticulously restored to its original evocative grandeur and re-opened to the public in December 2007. Tours, exhibits and public and educational programs tell the story of the generations that carried religious and communal customs to a new country, and celebrate America’s broad cultural traditions.
Board of Directors
Michael Weinstein, Chairman
Lorinda Ash Ezersky, President
Kenneth L. Stein, Vice President
Jeffrey Wilks, Treasurer
Mark Mirsky, Secretary
Roberta Brandes Gratz, Founder and President Emeritus
William Josephson, Treasurer Emeritus
Suzy B. Boshwit
Mildred Caplow
Ester Fuchs
Jeffrey R. Gural
Armand Lindenbaum
Jonathan L. Mechanic
David Moore
Richard Rabinowitz
Joseph B. Rosenblatt
P. Sheridan Schechner
Rhonda Silver
David Sitzer
Michele Cohn Tocci
Steven Walsey
Howard Zar
Staff
Bonnie Dimun, Executive Director
Miriam Bader, Education Director
Eva Bruné, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Nina Cohen, Education Coordinator
Hanna Griff-Sleven, Program Director
Nancy Johnson, Archivist
Sharon Stein, Visitor Services Associate
Amy Stein-Milford, Deputy Director
Interns
Stephen Baron
Jessica Cohen
Sonoma Farnsworth
Joey Gaebler
Sarah Glover
Judy Greenspan
Erica Marcus
Hannah Marcus
Laura Ross
Docents
Roberta Berken, Master Docent
Melvyn Birnbaum
Edward Cheng
Clarice Feinman
Barry Feldman
Naomi Gat
Lyla Glener
Rochelle Goldstein-Shelton
Anita Graber
Barbara Greenberg
Lee Greenberg
Sandy Haiken
John Heller
Gisa Indenbaum
Linda Katz
Roberta Koza
Liz Marcowitz
Patti Myers
Ami Nahiri
Seth Offenbach
Erynn Sarno
Mihaeala Manarazan Schwartz
Joyce Shenker
Rhonda Silver
Debbie Soffer
Cindy VandenBosch
Sylvia Weiner
Barry Yood
Henry Zimring
