Wednesday
Feb. 24
7pm
Save the Deli
Book Reading & Signing

“How much does it cost?” and “How much food do they give you?’’ In the glory days of the deli a Jewish restaurant review consisted of these two questions, comments deli fanatic and journalist David Sax. Come for a reading and signing with David from his witty new book,
Save the Deli, in which he rhapsodizes about the tastes, aromas, and lore of the delicatessen. Find out
more.
Sunday
March 21
11am
Passover Nosh & Stroll
Walking Tour
$20 adults; $12 students and seniors

Join us for our annual holiday-themed frolic in the 'hood. Sample festive food, learn about the holiday traditions of 19th-century immigrants, and explore our ever-vibrant corner of New York.
Sunday
March 21
3pm
The Tarras Legacy
King of American Klezmer Music
Adults: $20 | Students & Seniors: $12

Poll any Jewish music lover about who the “father” of klezmer is, and hands-down clarinetist Dave Tarras (1895-1989) will be the answer. This Ukrainian-born virtuoso was the unrivaled leader in the creation of a uniquely American klezmer sound. Join us for a multi-media presentation and concert featuring internationally renowned clarinetist and ethnomusicologist Joel Rubin with band, and rare video footage and photographs of Tarras from the Center for Traditional Music and Dance’s Archive.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
Sunday
June 6
12-4pm
Egg Rolls & Egg Creams
Festival & Block Party

The Museum at Eldridge Street’s annual Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival celebrates the cultural contributions and traditions of the Chinese and Eastern European Jewish communities in America. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Museum’s signature event and it is sure to be the biggest, best and most egg-cellent ever! Chinese and Jewish musicians, dancers, folk artists, language teachers and food presenters will share their traditions and art forms. Join us for a day full of activities. And, of course, there will be kosher egg rolls and egg creams!
We are grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their generous support to sustain and maintain the Museum at Eldridge Street. This list contains gifts of $100 or more made between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. To make your gift today, please click
here.
Herschel Abelson
Elie Abemayor
Bernard Abramowitz
William H. Abrams
Leigh and Carrie Abramson
Zelda S. Ackerman
Hattie W. Adler
Leona K. Adler
Elliot S. Agisim
Stephen B. Alderman
Eleanor and Theodore Altman
Alvin and Dorothy Schwartz Foundation
Roberta Ambaras
Barbra and Frank Arnold
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Baelen
Frances Barasch
Lee F. Barash
Mary Ellin Barrett
Stanley L. Barrish
Nan Bases
Gloria and Seymour Baum
Alida J. and Martin M. Bell
The David Berg Foundation
George E. Berg
Irwin M. Berg
Susan and Bruce Berger
Roberta Berken
Robert H. Berkley
Madaleine Berley
Murray Berman
Lynne and Benjamin Bernstein
Marshall A. Bernstein
Bernstein Foundation
Vidor and Nissan Bernstein
Gloria Bischoff
Julie Bittman
Karen and Leslie Blacksburg
Lacy G. Blair
Joan and Charles Blanksteen
Doris Leslie Blau
Helene A. Blieberg
Gerald Bloch
Rene Bloch Foundation
Bloomberg
Lois D. Blumenfeld
Louis H. Blumengarten
Ernest Bogen Charitable Common Fund
Gene J. Bokor
Tina Faye Bolton
Rose Bond
Suzy B. Boshwit
Harriet Boxer
Sidney Boyarin
Mr. and Mrs. Braver
Edna L. Breecker
Alice and Ed Brickman
Jonathan and Barbara Scott Bromberg
Kenneth Brookler
Joan and Alan Brout
Irwin L. Browarsky
Barbara and Dick Brown
Eva and David Brune
Lorraine Buch
Lori Buchbinder
Steve Buchman
Gail Buchwald
Janet Buchwald
Melva Venezky Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy
Andrea Burger
David Burgin
Marshall D. Butler
Gloria and Stuart Byron
Gwen Calderon
Joshua R. Cammaker
Lotte Fields Philanthropic Fund of the JCF
Mildred Caplow
Marvin Carmen
David J. Charles
Roni and Mark B. Chasin
Milton Chernack
Shirley and Maxwell Cobert
Alexander Coch
Carmel Cohen
Fern and Harry D. Cohen
Kenneth Cohen
Lisa B. Cohen
Robert E. Cohen
Marc Cohn
Maurice J. Cohn
Shannon and Paul R. Colletti
Community Synagogue
Jeffrey A. Cooper
Tosei Foundation
Barbara and Frederick Cronin
Jessica G. and Andrew Davis
Oscar Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Deutsch
Charles Dimston
Bonnie and Tony Dimun
Jackie Dorfman
Estelle Dorn
Lawrence Drath
Barbara and Daniel Drench
Adele S. Dresner
M. Burton Drexler
Abbe Gale Echstein and Paul Kane
Shirley Eckstein
Edouard Foundation, Inc.
Henry Ehrlich
Howard J. Eisen
Lois Ellison
Bonnie Englebardt Family Charitable Trust
Clara J. Epperson and Suzanne Sutley
Donald B. Epstein
Rita S. Gold Foundation
The Y.H. Mirzoeff Sons Foundation Inc.
Peter and Lorinda Ash Ezersky
Steve Fabrikant
Stephen Facey
Miriam H. and Thomas N. Farmakis
Feil Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Feinberg
Yoseph Feit
Gerd H. Fenchel, Ph.D.
Raymond Fields
Dianna and Richard Fine
Jacqueline Fish
Irene S. Fisher
Gloria Fishfader
Stanley R. Flaster
Sander A. Flaum
Carol and Kenneth Flicker
David Flitter
Irving M. Fogel
Sandra and Harold H. Fogelman
Shep Forest
Charles A. Forma
Deborah S. Freedman
Anne L. and Gerald H. Freedman
Hope and Stephen Freilich
Gloria Freund
Lisa Friedlander
Maralyn and Isadore Friedman
Hana L. Fuchs
Louis Galpern/L.E.D.E. International Realty Corporation
Phyllis H. and Seymour Gartenberg
Naomi Gat
Ambassador and Mrs. Herbert Gelber
Lois and Harry Gellis
Rita Gilbert
Mr. Martin D. and The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Tani Girton
Lyla and Howard Glener
Arnold Glickman
Norma and Martin A. Goetz
Bernard Gola
Jerrold R. Gold
Morris and Arlene Goldfarb Family Foundation, Inc
Goldie Anna Charitable Trust
Alan Goldman
Arlene Goldman
Philip Goldrich
David E. Goldsmith
Stuart Goldstein
Judith Goodman
Judith and Stephen Goodman
Ann and Jim Gordon
Sylvia G. Gordon
Ann Gottlieb
Jane Witty Gould
Anita Graber
Roberta Brandes Gratz
William F. Gratz
Yoko Witdey and David Grau
Edward G. Green
Ramon and Bettye King Green
Alyssa and Clifford Greenberg
Rebecca Greenberg
Anne C. and Burton G. Greenblatt
Dena and Abraham Greenstein
Lita S. Greenwald
Martin Greif
Laurel Griff
Barbara and Clifford Grodd
Doris Ruth and Alan Groh
Mark A. Grossbard
Ariel M. Grunberg
Seymour I. Gussack
Jaime Lewis and Jack I. Habert
Burton K. Haimes
Benjamin Hammerman
Anita Handel
Harold Handelman
Joel L. Handelman
Edward Handelman Fund
J. Ira and Nikki Harris Foundation
David Haver
Beth and David Hazan
The Victor Herbert Foundation
Dennis Herman
Ronnie and Samuel Heyman
Dr. and Mrs. Zachary I. Hodes
Sally and Roger Hoffman
Betty Ruth and Milton Hollander
Margie Horn
Horowitz-Krauss Foundation
Joseph Horowitz
Sarah and D.C. Horton
Jonathan Hurwitz and Mona Schnitzler
Incantation Productions, Inc.
International Blind Contractors, Ltd.
Keiko and Laurence D. Jacobson
Herbert Jacoby
Janet Jaffin Revocable Trust
Karen and Peter H. Jakes
Jewish Community Youth Foundation
Doris R. Juster
Sherry and Stewart Kahn Fund of the JCF
The Kandell Fund
Fred and Margot Kann
Rita and Henry Kaplan Foundation
Sylvia Kapner
Barbara and William Karatz Fund
Linda and Jerry Kasoff
David S. Katz
Ginny Kleinstein Katz
Alyce H. Kaufman
Ruth Kaufman
Estelle and Gerald Keitel
Ruth Kessler
Paul King
Robert Kirschbaum
Kenneth Kirshenbaum
Carol Klein
Melvyn Klein
Janet T. Klion
Richard A. Knobelman
Viviane and Stuart Koenig
Bill Kommel
David Korn
Richard Korn
Evelyn and John Kossak
Kostas Fakiris/Summit Waterproofing
Dolores Kreisman
Dorothy Rose and Jerome Kretchner
Robert Krinsky
Paul Kronish
Deborah M. and Peter Krulewitch
David F. Kuck
Barry Kula
Roberta and Miles Kuttler
Jerome and Bernice Lachs
Robert Lane and Thomas F. Cantrell
Ellen Lang
Eugene M. Lang Foundation
Joann and Robert Todd Lang
Lewis Lansky
Warren Laskey
Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Inc.
Marta Jo Lawrence
Cary Lazar
Irene K. Leiwant
Marc S. Lemchen, D.M.D.,P.C.
Martin Lerner
Robert A. Levine
The Mortimer Levitt Foundation, Inc.
S. Jay and Barbara Levy
Levy Family Foundation
Robin and Jay L. Lewis
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Adam Lichtman
L. Robert Lieb
Valerie L. Lieberman
The Liman Foundation
Lillain Lipka
The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Bernard London, Esq.
Gerard G. Lowen
Renee Luebke
James A. Macdonald Foundation
Ruth and Irving Malin
Mr. and Mrs. Peter L. Malkin
Susan Malloy in memory of Aaron Gural
Manhattan Borough President’s Office, The Honorable Scott Stringer
Morris Mansfield
Max and Pearl Ann Marco
David and Bobbie Margolis
Yevgeniya Margulis
Ken Marks
Rita Spiegel Marokko
Silvia Marx
Robert and Rita Matthews
Jay Mazur
Glenn E. Mc Donald
Jean M. McCarroll
McGee's Bar & Grill
Bruce Methner
Syva Meyers
Paula Michtom
Lois and Richard Miller
Louise Miller
Myron Miller
Minyan Society of Temple Beth El
Inger and Mark Mirsky
Lori and David Moore
Ms. Renee Mordfin
Peter Morrison
Laurence J. Murphy
Mutual Of America
Maxine L. Myers
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Natter
Cindy Nelson
Caryn and David Newman
Joan H. and Ronald Newman
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York Humanities Council
New York State Council for the Arts
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Maryanne Noel and Philip M. Friedman
NYC & Co. Foundation
Steven A. Okin
Orchard Yarn and Thread Company
Sheldon and Myrna Palley
Paradise Pawnbroker
Shirley C. Paris
Pearl Pavane
Joel Pearlberg
David J. Pelmoter
Eric J. Peterman
Joseph A. Pierson
Cheryl and Lloyd Pine
George Pittel
Renee Pollack
Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Pollen
Randy Polumbo
Stephen M. Poppel
Zelda Porte
Sidney Lee Posel
Betsy Posner
Susan and Gerald Post
Michael Potack
The Preservation Advisory Group
John Preston
Carol Goldsmith Quint
R M F Foundation
Lynda Kaplan and Richard Rabinowitz
Lisa R. Radetsky
Richard Raskin
Saul Raw
Cynthia Rawitch
The Reed Foundation, Inc.
Renewal by Andersen
Elizabeth and Eugene Renkin
Jack Rennert
Ellen K. Renstrom
Lester Resman
Norman Rich
Paul Rich
Fred M. Richman
Paula Ridge
Barbara and Morton Rochman
Wiley Roosth
Elliott C. Rosch, M.D.
Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Fund, Inc.
Irene and Walter S. Rose
Melvin K. Roseman
Bruce Rosen
Murray Rosen
Joan H. Rosenbaum
Harry Rosenberg
Sheila and Joseph B. Rosenblatt
Gerald F. Rosenblatt, Esq
Alvin A. Rosenthal
Monroe H. Rosner
Leo Rosner Foundation
Debra Shapiro-Ross and Andrew Ross
Molly S. Ross
Wendy Roth
Christopher H. Rothko
Estate of Ada M. Rovinsky
Martha and John M. Rozett
Rubin-Ladd Foundation
Julia Ruchman
Mitchell E. Rudin
Juliette Rudnick
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Sacks
Marshal L. Salant
Dr. Martin and Mrs. Jane Salwen
Amanda and Michael Salzhauer
Shirley A. Samis
Caroline Samuels
Jill W. and Lawrence Sandberg
Sara Ann Sanders
The Sapir Organization
Harriet Saporta
Myron & Doris Saranga
Dava Savel
Annette Sally Schecter
Bruce Schlechter
Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Pierre Schoenheimer
Harvey Schulman
Susan and Norman Schulman
Harvey Schussler
Rise Schwab
Alvin and Dorothy Schwartz Foundation
Charlotte Schwartz
Jerome, Arlene and Bruce Schwartz
Paul E. Schwartz, Jerome L. Schwartz, Louise Wo
Bernard Sehr and Diedra Steinbock
Jay W. Seligman
Henry Senderowicz
Jane Gural Senders
Jeffrey Shandler
Lina and Martin Shane
Annette R. and Daniel Shapiro
Geri and Gerald Sherman
Shickman Family Foundation
Daniel Siegel
Steven W. Siegel
David C. Silver
Lawrence Silver
The Silver Family Foundation
Joseph E. Silverman
Susan and Gary Singer
Douglas A. Skolnick
Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Skolnick
Rita Skolnik
Stella Skura
Gary Slepowitz
Alan B. Slifka Foundation
Joseph and Sylvia Slifka Foundation, Inc.
Erwin H. Sloan and Family
Lorie A. Slutsky
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham J. Small
Mrs. Smilowitz
Mardi and David T. Smith
Joanne C. and James C. Smith
Willard J. Smith
Jeanne Snyder
Marsha Sockol
Debra and Gary M. Soffer
Laurence T. Sorkin
Morton E. Spitzer
Jane Stein in memory of Aaron Gural
Maxine B. Steinberg
Sandy L. Stern
Esther Esh Sternberg Foundation
Dianne B. Stillman
Emily Straus
Steven Strauss
Elaine Suchman
Sun Hill Foundation in memory of Aaron Gural
Dr. Theodore S. Tapper
Gerda Taranow
Stanley Tate/Tate Enterprises
Beatrice and Nathan Taubenfeld
Tell and Son, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tenenblatt
Time Warner Employee Grants Programs
Laurie M. Tisch
Janet Toledano
Lewis E. Topper
Gary Trock
Deborah and Michael Troner
Susan D. Trutt
Michael Tuch Foundation
Irma D. Tuchman
The Gramercy Park Foundation
Martin Tucker
Martin W. Turetzky
Rose and Jack M. Ullman
Jeffrey Usow
Cynthia Wainwright Berger and Stephen Berger
Honey Waldman Don
Wallach Foundation, Inc.
Helene and Steven Walsey
Marian M. Warden Fund
Arnold Wasserman
Richard Wasserman
Amy E. Waterman
Claire Weidman
Edith N. Weinberger
Bernice Weinblatt
Sally Kux Weiner and David Weiner
Stanley D. Weinrich
Dr. I. Bernard Weinstein
Michael Weinstein
Norman I. Weisman
Beverly Weiss
Elaine and Robert D. Weiss
SO Charitable Trust
George Weissman
Amy and Jason Weller
Lise and Jeffrey S. Wilks
The Last Fogel Foundation/William Morris Agency
Shoshanna and David A. Wingate
Barry Wolborsky
Herb Wolfe
Woodcrest Management Corporation
Kaye Weiss
Dr. and Mrs. Harold S. Yood
Nora and Barry Yood
The Gellin Zalaznick Foundation Inc.
The Zankel Fund
Zaro Charitable Trust
Sam and Shirley Zemsky
Cathleen S. Zepelin
Meyer Zinn
Penni S. and Ralph J. Zola