Immigration
Opera Brought New Sights and Sounds to Our Sanctuary
For the past two weeks, I have witnessed the Museum at Eldridge Street transform into an opera stage, but also a home where mothers and daughters squabble and comfort each other, where lovers make plans and love, and where people come together to remember those they have lost. Last Sunday, Museum at Eldridge Street finished […]
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Larry David, Cousin Bernie and Me
I admit it. Television shows that trace the family roots of celebrities, like Who Do You Think You Are? and Finding Your Roots provide all the suspense I can handle. I get too scared watching thrillers, much less horror movies, and these programs have the ability to get me nervous about what may lie ahead […]
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Travelling Tefillin – Warsaw, to the Wild West, to Eldridge Street
On June 18, 1904, Meyer Wagner boarded the ship Germanic in Southampton, England. He was bound for New York. So were his two younger sisters, but his young wife, Rose, remained in Warsaw. The couple’s three-year-old son, Walter, wasn’t quite ready for transatlantic travel. The trip took nine days. Upon arrival, Meyer went straight to […]
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Artist Uses City Streets to Highlight What Divides – and Unites – Us
This blog post was researched and written by two interns at the Museum at Eldridge Street: John Hanson and Eliana Schechter. Ai Weiwei, a Chinese artist-activist, has undertaken arguably the most extensive public art project in New York City’s history. Titled “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”, and sponsored by the Public Art Fund, the project […]
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Egg Rolls, Egg Creams and Empanadas Festival – A Day of Community and Culture
Envisioning a Community Collaboration When I first imagined a Chinese-Jewish Festival over fifteen years ago, I knew that it would be an undoubtedly fantastic event for the neighborhood. Plus, I knew it would be wonderfully relevant to our museum’s celebration of the immigrants who make our neighborhood special. I imagined Chinese and Jewish artists and musicians sitting side […]
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