Join Museum at Eldridge Street's Deputy Director for Accessibility and Education, Scott Brevda, for a celebratory building tour on Sunday, September 21 at 11am ET to explore the history of the Eldridge Street Synagogue, its inextricable connection to the Lower East Side, and its place in American history through the use of firsthand accounts and objects. You will see artifacts in the Museum’s permanent collection, historical documents, and rarely-seen images that bring our building’s storied history to life.

Highlights:

- An account from The Sun of the congregation at an 1888 service

- A 1934 gala celebration booklet with an intentional error

- A jar containing the congregation’s burnt mortgage

- Historical, rarely-seen images of contemporary synagogues from the Pale of Settlement

- Objects from our ongoing historic menorah exhibition, Lighting the World: Menorahs Around the Globe that connect to our building and to Jewish American history as a whole

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Discover how the founding of the Museum at Eldridge Street is the culmination of this 138-year legacy.

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