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LESJC In The News
7-29-2010 Going “Inside” Jewish Sacred Sites with the LES Conservancy
From the Lo-Down: Last month, we reported the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy is preparing to open a new Visitor Center at 400 Grand Street later this summer. If you walk by the storefront, formerly Ruby’s Fruits, you might notice a poster promoting the Conservancy’s new “Insider Tours,” abbreviated versions of their more detailed neighborhood walking excursions. Recently, we were invited to experience the tours for ourselves. Read the full article.
6-17-2010 Kling/Niman Visitor Center of the Lower East Side Conservancy featured in The Low-Down.
Read the article about our soon to open Visitor Center.
Former Home of "Ruby's Fruits" Becomes Jewish Conservancy Visitor's Center
05-2010 UJC Dinner a great success and featured in the Jewish World.
Article highlighting Conservancy inititatives, including the new Kling-Niman Visitor's Center and development of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, announced at annual UJC dinner. Event drew elected officials, community leaders, and staff members.
Download the article, Lower East Side Story, UJC dinner celebrates the vitality of the neighborhood
04-30-2010 Lower East Side: Remembered and Revisited and LESJC tours reccomended by The Jewish Star.
Alan Jay Gerber reviews and discusses Joyce Mendelsohn's book Lower East Side: Remembered and Revisited and discusses how you can use it in conjunction with a summer tour of the Lower East Side with the Lower East Side Conservancy. Read the full article in The Jewish Star by clicking the link below.
The Kosher Bookworm: Remembering the Lower East Side
2-22-2010 Annual Lower East Side Reunion held in Florida on February 23rd
Residents of Florida who grew up on the Lower East Side gather every year to share the neighborhood’s past and present. Drawing more than 200 guests, this year’s Annual Lower East Side Reunion, held in Boca Raton, Florida on February 23rd, featured a special guest.
The Conservancy’s Executive Director, Laurie Tobias Cohen, delivered a speech not only about the neighborhood’s past but its vibrant present; presented a fascinating PowerPoint presentation on the Lower East Side then and now; and distributed literature about the Conservancy’s tours and events.
Some of the guests in attendance hadn't visited the Lower East Side in too many years. But all remembered its past grandeur, and were interested in hearing about its current excitement.
Laurie’s nostalgic slideshow presentation featured archival images and contemporary photos. Download the presentation from our website in the Lower East Side History section.
10-15-2009 Historian and author Joyce Mendelsohn interviewed on radio talk show Talkline with Zev Brenner.
Joyce Mendelsohn, historian and author of the recently re-released The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited, appeared on the radio program Talkline with Zev Brenner.
Listen to the interview online by clicking the link below (Her interview starts at the 40 minute mark).
10/15/09 Talkline with Zev Brenner
09-23-2009 Capacity turnout at Angel Orsanz Foundation for Joyce Mendelsohn celebrating the re-release of her book, The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited: A History and Guide to a Legendary New York Neighborhood.
It was a full house as the neighborhood turned out to celebrate Joyce and the re-release of her book.
View photos of the event
Kickerbocker Village coverage of the event
The Lower East Side has been home to some of the city's most iconic restaurants, shopping venues, and architecture. The neighborhood has also welcomed generations of immigrants, from newly arrived Italians and Jews to today's Latino and Asian newcomers. This history has become somewhat obscured, however, as the Lower East Side can appear more hip than historic, with wealth and gentrification changing the character of the neighborhood. Chronicling these developments, along with the hidden gems that still speak of a vibrant immigrant identity, Joyce Mendelsohn provides a complete guide to the Lower East Side of then and now.
After an extensive history that stretches back to Manhattan's first settlers, Mendelsohn offers 5 self-guided walking tours, including a new passage through the Bowery, that take the reader to more than 150 sites and highlight the dynamics of a community of contrasts: aged tenements nestled among luxury apartment towers abut historic churches and synagogues. With updated and revised maps, historical data, and an entirely new community to explore, Mendelsohn writes a brand-new chapter in an old New York story.
Joyce Mendelsohn is the granddaughter of Jewish immigrants who settled on the Lower East Side. She lectures on the history, culture, and architecture of New York City at the New School for Social Research and conducts walking tours of and lectures about city neighborhoods sponsored by major cultural and educational institutions, such as the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy.
08-01-2009 Conservancy 90-minute tours and website featured in the Lower East Side Voice
The summer 2009 issue of the Lower East Side Voice featured an article about our new and exciting initiatives. Mentioned in the article are upcoming initiatives such as our 90-minute mini-tours, the upcoming book signing and reception for Joyce Mendelsohn and her new book, "The Lower East Side, Remembered & Revisited.", and our educational curriculum, "A Day in the LIfe of an Immigrant Child." Read the full article online.
04-23-2009 Exciting Newly Redesigned Newsletter from LESJC released
Our newsletter has been fully redesigned. If you are not a subscriber, you can read it online. Or become a subscriber and receive our monthly newsletters via email.
11-11-2008 A Return to Their Roots
Freehold Jewish Center tours the Lower East Side’s Jewish landmarks by Jason Cohen. Article appeared in the November issue of The Jewish State. Read the article online.
11-04-2008 LESJC is featured on CNN
The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy was featured on CNN as a prime example of vibrant organizations on the Lower East Side.
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09-14-2008 LESJC Calls for Halt to Destruction of Historic Synagogue Adas Yisroel Anshe Meseritz
Congregants gathered today with elected officials, Jewish-American community leaders, preservationists, historians and long-time area residents to call for the halt of destruction to the historic Adas Yisroel Anshe Meseritz Synagogue by developer Joshua Kushner, representing the Kushner Companies and to call for official landmark designation for this important building. The LESJC led this call. Read the Press Release and follow the news from various online sources below:
09-01-2008 Wandering Jew - A Nosh of the Big Apple by Alina Tugend
Alina Tugend writes of her and her family's experience noshing on one of the LESJC tours. Read the full article.
08-20-2008 A Remarkable Reunion, The Children Return by Yori Yanover
Yori writes this story of a gathering of 130 cousins from nine family branches in a Lower East Side Synagogue and how it revives long-abandoned notions of family and history. Read the full article.
07-17-2008 Lower East Side is at a Crossroads article in the New York Sun
Candice Taylor writes in the New York Sun about the work of the Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy featuring our very own Laurie Tobias Cohen. Read the full article online.
10-28-2007 Synagogues Tell Story of Lower East Side's Past By Saul Austerlitz, Globe Correspondent
Saul writes in this article how, "The Lower East Side Conservancy, run by Laurie Tobias Cohen, has dedicated itself to preserving what remains of the Jewish Lower East Side." Read the full article.
09-01-2007 Not Just a History Lesson: Rejewvenation of the Lower East Side By Miriam Bader
Miriam Bader writes about the ongoing reinvigoration of Jewish life on the Lower East Side. Read the full article.
05-13-2005 Reform Jews, Adrift in a Sea of Black Hats
Read the full New York Times article.
06-07-2002 New York Times article about Harlem's Jewish Past
An informative article about the once third largest Jewish settlement in the world after the Lower East Side and Warsaw. Vestiges of Harlem's Jewish Past By David W. Dunlap. Read the full article.
01-07-1998 Orthodox Neighborhood Reshapes Itself
Read the full New York Times article.
1997 Movie Release: A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
Excellent insights into a community so few understand in America. Read more information about the film at www.imdb.com.
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