Celebrate Mother's Day with the Museum at Eldridge Street!

Discover the women who both witnessed and shaped social, artistic, financial, and political change on the Lower East Side from the late 19th to the early 20th century.

Follow in the footsteps of activists Emma Goldman and Clara Lemlich as they pushed for radical reforms at the height of the Progressive Era. In addition to anonymous social commentators, such as the contributors to The Jewish Daily Forward’s Yiddish advice column A Bintel Brief, and the women who worked below the elevated train on Allen Street, you will learn about wigmaker and mikvah (ritual bath) owner Gittel Natelson, groundbreaking artist Louise Nevelson, and Kosher delicatessen queen Sarah Gellis—the first female member of the Eldridge Street Synagogue where the Museum at Eldridge Street now resides.

Highlights:

• Visit the Women’s Balcony of the Eldridge Street Synagogue and discuss Sarah Gellis
• Learn about the former Mikvah on Allen Street and businesswoman Gittel Natelson
• Discuss the Allen Street Prostitutes/Handkerchief Girls
• Head to Straus Square to learn about Clara Lemlich and Emma Goldman
• Visit The Forward Building and discuss the Yiddish advice column A Bintel Brief
• See The Educational Alliance and learn about Louise Nevelson

Join a Museum at Eldridge Street expert guide on Sunday, May 11th at 11:30am and learn about these hardworking Lower East Side immigrant women.

Ticket Price (Includes Museum Admission):
Adults $25
Seniors / Students $20
Children 5 and Under FREE
Cool Culture Pass / SNAP Benefits $5

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This Museum at Eldridge Street Walking Tour is only available to small groups (30 people max). This tour is available to both individual ticket holders and families.

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: Immigrant Women on the Lower East Side, "The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902, Scott D. Seligman."