Join us for a new virtual tour with historian Bradley Shaw!

Did you know Harlem was once the third-largest Jewish neighborhood in the world from 1870–1930 after Manhattan's Lower East Side and Warsaw, Poland?

Join Bradley Shaw on Zoom Monday, March 31st at 6pm ET as he talks about this often forgotten segment of Jewish history. Beginning with Harlem's origins as a community for the very rich through its days as one of the three major world centers of Judaism.

You will learn about Harlem's legendary Jewish institutions which left lasting marks on today's Jewish world, including:

• Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein's Institutional Synagogue
• Temple Israel, a magnificent and enduring institution despite their eventual move south
• the Commandment Keepers Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation
• Ohab Zedek, the synagogue of the renowned cantor Yossele Rosenblatt
• Ansche Chesed, one of the oldest congregations in the country

Other topics included will be Mount Morris Park, designed by world renowned designers Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted, where many notable residents lived, including composer Richard Rodgers, and lyricists Oscar Hammerstein II and Lorenz Hart.

Ticket Price: Pay-what-you-wish

Please see the Zoom link in your order confirmation email. This program is entirely virtual.

Registration for this Zoom program is pay-what-you-wish. The following are suggested amounts for each ticket type:
Adults $12
Seniors $10
Students $8

REGISTER HERE

Urban historian and educator Bradley Shaw was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He has a B.A. in History and Education from Brooklyn College and is a licensed NYC tour guide. Since leaving his corporate job of 30 years, he has enjoyed sharing his love of the city and passion for its history by becoming a tour guide with the Museum at Eldridge Street and other institutions and tour companies in the city.

About the Museum at Eldridge Street:
The Museum at Eldridge Street is housed in the Eldridge Street Synagogue, a magnificent National Historic Landmark that has been meticulously restored. Opened in 1887, the synagogue is the first great house of worship built in America by Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Today, it is the only remaining marker of the great wave of Jewish migration to the Lower East Side that is open to a broad public who wishes to visit Jewish New York. Exhibits, tours, public programs, and education initiatives tell the story of Jewish immigrant life, explore architecture and historic preservation, inspire reflection on cultural continuity, and foster collaboration and exchange between people of all faiths, heritages, and interests.

Image Credit: Temple Israel of Harlem, 125th Street and 5th Avenue, 1888, tinyc.org/history/#1887.