Where You Live in New York May Say a Lot About Your Jewish Heritage
This blog post was written by Museum intern Dalia Rubinstein. It’s no secret that New York is one of the Jewish capitals of the world. The city alone is home to 1.1 million Jews, making it the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. It boasts the largest Jewish population of any world city, larger even […]
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The Lower East Side Goes to Camp
This year camp is all the rage, but I’m not talking about fashion or aesthetics. Think rather of the outdoors, friendship bracelets and nostalgia for your childhood. Today there are hundreds of summer camps around the country that cater to a range of interests from theater, religion, rocket science to sports. But this is old […]
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Not-So-Living History: The Queens Cemetery Belt
This post was written by Museum intern Sophie Brous. If you’ve ever flown over New York City, you may have noticed the huge number of cemeteries spanning the area around the Brooklyn-Queens border. Known as the Queens cemetery belt, this massive stretch of land claims at least 5 million interred in its soil. In fact, […]
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Coming to America: Divides in the Jewish-American Community
This blog post was written by Museum intern Brendan Hyatt. During the height of Eastern European Jewish immigration to the United States – the phenomenon which drove the establishment of the Eldridge Street Synagogue – opinions on how the newly massive Jewish population ought to behave and interact with American culture differed widely. “Native” New […]
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Teacher Spotlight: Mike Russo Assigns Knish Tastings for Homework
For years, Molloy College Professor Mike Russo has been taking his students outside the lecture hall and onto the streets of New York City. His course “Gotham: The New York Experience” is a popular Molloy course, and we’re proud to say the Museum at Eldridge Streets plays a major factor in Mike’s syllabus. He recently […]
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From Ladino to Bukhori: Jewish Languages Around the World
This post was written by Museum intern Sophie Brous. If someone asked you to make a list of Jewish languages, what languages would come to mind? Many people would think of Hebrew first, which certainly makes sense–Hebrew is the national language of Israel and historically considered the language of the Jewish people. Some might also […]
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July 12: The Yahrzeit of a “Fiery Jewish Girl”
This blog post was written by Museum intern Dalia Rubinstein. On July 12, 37 years ago, the world lost a Lower East Sider whose chutzpah changed life for many immigrants of her time. Clara Lemlich, although not a household name today, was one of the “farbrente Yidishe meydlekh” [“fiery Jewish girls”] who made a strong […]
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Bagels, Brisket, and Brined Cucumbers: The Jewish American Culinary Experience of the Lower East Side
This blog post was written by Museum intern Lauren Peterson. Upon immigrating to the United States and settling into the Lower East side, Jews had arrived in the land of opportunity. As their relatives may have described it, New York was a city in which the roads were “lined with gold”. They saw the Lower […]
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Teacher Spotlight: Art and History with Anna Melo
When most of our students visit the Museum at Eldridge Street it is for a one-time program; they visit our space and connect with our educators for an hour or two. There isn’t often the opportunity to work with classes for an extended period of time. Fortunately, that is where the CASA (Cultural Afterschool Adventures) […]
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Felipe Rangel celebrates the “social phenomenon” of handmade masks
The Museum’s annual Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas street festival is fast approaching! And to get ready, we’ve been checking in with some of the beloved artisans that make our festival so vibrant, diverse, and meaningful. For years, Felipe Rangel has been sharing his colorful vejigantes with festival goers. Today we’re glad to present […]
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