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On This Day: 800 Men Debate Race and Vice at Eldridge Street Synagogue

April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 by Chelsea

This post is written by Museum intern Dina Posner. After its opening in 1887, Eldridge Street Synagogue quickly became a vital center for Judaism and religious freedom on the Lower East Side. It was the first of its kind in the neighborhood – bigger and … Read more

Tags Community organizing, Dina Posner, First Amendment, Freedom of speech, NYPD, Protest, Vice

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