See Chanukah through the eyes of fine artists such as Titian, Rubens, Caravaggio, Klimt, and Botticelli on this special virtual program! Get Tickets Explore fascinating facts about Chanukah, the Festival of Lights! Its history includes a Jewish civil war, assassinations, bribery, conspiracies, sex, heroes, heroines, ... Read more
Calling all families!Celebrate and learn about the Jewish Festival of Lights at the Museum at Eldridge Street! Whether it’s your first or hundredth time hearing the story, enjoy listening to an exciting retelling of the Chanukah tale. We will also sing along to holiday songs ... Read more
Stroll through the neighborhood's 100-year-old history! Get Tickets One hundred years ago, there were as many as 500 synagogues dotting the streets of the Lower East Side. Only a few, like the Museum’s landmark building and the Bialystocker Synagogue, still exist in their original form; ... Read more
Have the whole family singing and dancing in the pews! Get Tickets Bring your families to our beautiful Main Sanctuary for an afternoon of infectious Klezmer energy for all ages! Whether you’ve heard it before or not, Klezmer music is the heart and soul of ... Read more
Join us on Zoom with moderator Lucy Shahar and film icon Lee Grant to hear a behind-the-scenes account of this award-winning classic. Get Tickets In the Heat of the Night (1967), starring Rod Steiger, Sidney Poitier, and Lee Grant, and directed by Norman Jewison begins when ... Read more
Take the kids on a trip to the literary Lower East Side! Get Tickets Join us on this walking tour and follow in the footsteps of Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie, the beloved sisters depicted in Sydney Taylor’s children’s classic All-of-a-Kind Family. Stroll through the ... Read more
Colorful fun for all ages! Get Tickets At the Museum at Eldridge Street, the more than sixty stained glass windows serve many important roles. From capturing natural light to displaying a beautiful design, the colorful shapes and patterns bring the synagogue to life. Learn about the ... Read more
Adult Education Zoom Series with Dr. Regina Stein Get Tickets Welcome to the early modern period in Jewish history! Jewish people living in Europe under Christian rule in the 16th and 17th centuries had to adapt to many changes, including shifts in the ways their ... Read more
Adult Education Zoom Series with Dr. Regina Stein Get Tickets Deuteronomy is unique among the 5 books of the Torah. We will continue our study by focusing on the Sh’ma prayer and its significance. We will then analyze some of the laws introduced by Deuteronomy along with ... Read more
Stroll through the neighborhood's 100-year-old history! Get Tickets A century ago, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled, prayed, played, worked, shopped, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today, there ... Read more
Join us on Zoom with moderator Lucy Shahar and filmmaker and film scholar Stuart Weinstock to analyze this award-winning film. Get Tickets In this Cinema Chats, moderator Lucy Shahar and Stuart Weinstock will discuss what makes this film unique, from the plot to the production. The Matchmaker (2010), directed by ... Read more