Jewish Communities

On This Day in 1887: Eldridge Street Synagogue opens its doors!

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Today is a huge anniversary for the Museum and our landmark synagogue – on September 4th, 1887 the Eldridge Street Synagogue officially opened to the public. Remarkably, construction in the incredibly ornate building had begun only ten months earlier. And on September 4th, 1887, the … Read more

Jewish Communities in China: Harbin and Shanghai

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This post was written by Dina Posner, an intern at the Museum at Eldridge Street. Dina is a candidate for a Masters degree in Historic Preservation at Pratt Institute.  An exhibition detailing a little-known Jewish immigration story debuted at the Museum on the evening of April … Read more