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Heritage Events & Tour Listings:
New York City's Cultural Diversity to be Presented in Unique Tour of Harlem's Jewish History
Jemish Harlem
Sunday, March 29, 2009
What: A public walking and bus tour
Time: 11:15 am (about 3 hours)
Where: Meet at the bus in front of Congregation Oheb Zedek
West 95 Street (between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues)
Fee: Pre-registration by March 25. Adults $27. Seniors and Students $25. $3.00 discount with paid pre-registration by March 25.
Contact: For reservations/further information call LESJ Conservancy at 212 374-4100 ext.1, 2 ,3
Join Yeshiva University History Professor Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of When Harlem was Jewish, 1870-1930, as he leads you through
the sites of Jewish religious life in the remarkable urban settlement of Harlem, once the second largest Jewish community in the
United States. In 1917, it was home to more than 175,000 Jews. Delight in the exteriors of grand synagogues that remind us of
Harlem's Jewish past. See the exterior of an active Ethiopian Hebrew synagogue called "The Commandment Keepers."
You will walk by the former homes of Temple Israel of Harlem, Congregation Shaarei Zedek, The Oheb Zedek Synagogue-home to Cantor
Yossele Rosenblatt in the 1910-1920's, and then move on to the block that once housed the uptown Talmud Torah which served more than
1,400 students every week.
Website: www.nycjewishtours.org
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