Walking Tour Visiting Two Sites Tour the TWO remaining grand shuls left in this iconic neighborhood, the cradle of American Jewish civilization. One is the first great house of worship built by Eastern European Jews, and the other a former church, believed to be a site on the ... Read more
Join our virtual series dedicated to exploring the preservation, conservation, and restoration efforts at Eldridge Street Synagogue.By the 1980s, Eldridge Street Synagogue, the first grand house of worship built in America by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, had fallen far from its glory days. The ... Read more
Join moderator Lucy Shahar and Dr. Kate Hearst to examine the Jewish connections in Casablanca and how we can view the movie in 2022.Casablanca was released in 1942, exactly eighty years ago, and is beloved by many.Neither the word “Jewish,” nor any reference to Jews ... Read more
Join us for composer Yale Strom's East Coast debut of his moving cantata in honor of those lost in the Triangle Factory Fire of 1911.Yale Strom composed the cantata "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire" in 2011 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the tragic fire of ... Read more
See Chanukah through the eyes of fine artists such as Titian, Rubens, Caravaggio, Klimt, and Botticelli on this special virtual program!Explore fascinating facts about Chanukah, the Festival of Lights! Its history includes a Jewish civil war, assassinations, bribery, conspiracies, sex, heroes, heroines, kings, and queens. ... Read more