Explore the Forgotten History of Jewish Harlem

Explore Jewish sites in the remarkable urban settlement of Harlem, which by 1900 was a major center of Jewish life and the 3rd largest Jewish community in the world, after the LES and Warsaw.

Explore historic Jewish landmarks and people of this forgotten time: the magnificent Temple Israel (designed by noted Jewish architect Arnold Brunner); the “Commandment Keepers” – Harlem’s Black Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation; the trendsetting Institutional Synagogue, (the “shul with the pool”); Ohab Zedek, synagogue of the world famous cantor Yossele Rosenblatt (the “king” of all cantors); songwriter extraordinaire Richard Rodgers; actress Gertrude Berg, (AKA Molly Goldberg), and more….

This walk is sold out, but the waitlist is open.