Join the Passengers Aboard the...
“Witness” is an interactive theatrical experience, encapsulating the American-Jewish immegrant experience, and a cry for unity to stand up against anti-Semitism.
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It Happened on Hester Street i...
Hester Street reminds us of the sacrifices Eastern European immigrants made just to survive.
read moreKathleen Turner – One Wo...
Finding My Voice, Kathleen Turner’s one-woman performance is a rare chance to share an evening with a legend.
read moreNew Yorkers Go van Gogh – Yes ...
Immersive art creates an intimate relationship between the viewer and the artwork. Experience van Gogh in a new way.
read moreAn Insider’s View of Yeshiva L...
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem comes to life in Yeshiva Days, an anthropological account and memoir of the community that is both learned and down to earth, traditional, and adaptive, and a mystery to many LES residents.
read moreIt’s Only a Play – Or is it So...
What better way for The George Street Playhouse to reopen in-person theater than with It’s Only A Play, a tribute to Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally who died of COVID in 2020.
read moreA Day in the Life of The Meyer...
The Magnificent Meyersons offers a beautiful way to view the complexities of life. “The world is wonderful, strange, and unpredictable. We each get to write and interpret our own stories.”
read moreFrom Hell to Challah Transform...
From Hell to Challah, rising from fragile to fearless, one grain at a time. Is an encyclopedia of wisdom, a women’s guide to self-discovery, acceptance, and joy.
read morePreserving our Jewish Past – T...
Throughout the COVID lockdown, these LESJC virtual tours provided a travel log exploring the Jewish past, allowing armchair explorations through time during a period when physical travel was restricted.
read moreHow the women of the Lower Eas...
In 1902, the immigrant women of the LES took charge, mobilized, taking their message to the streets, boycotting meat until prices fell, temporarily breaking the Meat Trust.
read moreFanny Brice: Bumpy Road to Sta...
Vaudeville celebrity Fanny Brice, arguably the mother of all American-Jewish comics, known best for her character Baby Snooks, the loveable, precocious, bratty toddler was the subject of a Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC) program.
read moreIn Shepherd: The Story of a Je...
Shepherd provides a fresh perspective, showing hope and the depth of love, in the story of a dog and his boy who together escape Nazi Germany.
read moreRecipes for a New Beginning: M...
Recipes for a New Beginning uses food to assist Transylvan Jews to connect with the past, beginning with gastronomic nostalgia, and evolving into testimonials that would otherwise be lost.
read moreA Finishing School for Nazi Gi...
Six Minutes to Midnight is a creative spy-thriller, with a star-studded cast that kept me guessing until the end.
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