Visit a rare remaining example of the poorer tenement synagogues that once dotted the Lower East Side, showcasing the signs of the zodiac.Located in a very multicultural part of the Lower East Side, Congregation Bnai Jacob Anshe Brzezan (“Sons of Jacob, People of Brzezan”), was founded in 1893 by a community of Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants...
Once the second largest Jewish community in the United States, Harlem was home to more than 175,000 Jews.Join Barry Judelman as he leads you on a walk by the former sites of Jewish religious life in the remarkable urban settlement of Harlem, which from 1870 -1930, was the third largest Jewish community in the world, after...
Explore this community that attracted over 20,000 Jews in the 1930s and 40s, mostly from Southern Germany.Nestled between Harlem to the south and Inwood to the north, Washington Heights is a distinctive Jewish enclave within the landscape of New York’s larger Jewish community. Of the 125,000 German Jewish refugees that arrived in America in the...
Join us as we explore former synagogue buildings on the Lower East Side that have been lost to time, all now having new identities.Approximately one hundred years ago in the heart of the Lower East Side, it seemed like every street had at least one synagogue to satisfy the burgeoning Orthodox Jewish community. Some of...
Visit the largest congregation on the LES, America's most famous immigrant neighborhood, and learn why there is a lobster on the ceiling. Join us for an evening tour of the magnificent Bialystoker Synagogue, which was built in 1826 as a Methodist Church, and believed to be a stop on the Underground Railroad. In 2016, Bialystoker...
Trybal Gatherings Ambassador DK is hosting an evening at the NY Historical Society to check out the new exhibition on Jewish delis.Come join other Jews in their 20s and 30s for an evening exploration of the New York Historical Society's new exhibit on Jewish delis. We will meet outside the NY Historical Society on 77th...
Stroll through the neighborhood's 100-year-old history!A century ago, the Lower East Side saw unparalleled growth as waves of immigrants settled, prayed, played, worked, shopped, and attended school in this neighborhood as they built their new lives in a new land. Today, there are signs of the past hidden within the modern streets.Join one of the...
Join us for a private group tour at one of the oldest synagogues in NY at Museum at Eldridge Street, in NYC. We'll grab Chinese food after. The Museum at Eldridge Street tells the story of the 19th-century Eldridge Street Synagogue and the Jewish immigrants who built it. Join Trybal Gatherings and Jews in Doodles...
Join us for a special walking tour exploring historic sites around the Lower East Side where love once blossomed! How did people meet and mingle 100 years ago? Did they confess their love in letters? Go to a matchmaker? Meet at work on a factory floor? As immigrants wrestled with new American ways and their...
Join Museum at Eldridge Street Docent Jason Bohner for a new tour centered around the history of activism on the Lower East Side!At the turn of the twentieth century, roughly 1.5 million Ashkenazi Jews descended on the Lower East Side in search of economic opportunity and religious tolerance. Like many immigrant communities, their adjustment to...
It's always fun with rum.Learn the art -- and science -- of rum. We'll take a tour of Cotton & Reed's distillery in Union Market, and then enjoy a drink and flight tasting together.RSVP: https://airtable.com/shrVxdVXdJ868TF3Shttps://www.facebook.com/events/531484215748343/
Get your camera ready for a fun afternoon exploration of the DUMBO waterfront. Meet up with fellow young Jewish professionals as we check out the area Down Under the Manhattan Bridge, aptly named, DUMBO. With lots to see, we have a variety of places to go check out. Our meeting point will be next to...