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Christmas Day Jewish East Side Tour
10am and 1pm — Monday December 25
- WHERE:Meet at southeast corner of Delancey and Essex Streets, in front of the Olympic Diner
- COST:$15
- SUMMARY:”Stroll through more than 350 years of Jewish history on the Lower East Side. Our tour combines historic and religious sites, politics and people of what was once the largest Jewish community in the world. Stops include: the founding site of the B’nai B’rith, the Jewish Daily Forward building, the historic Eldridge Street Synagogue, and sites associated with Abraham Cahan, Lillian Wald, and Jacob Riis. Though a partnership with the 1654 Society, our tour may include a visit inside the historic colonial cemetery of Congregation Shearith Israel ($3 per person donation required).”