gluvscats

What is the name of the Jewish area called? How about Jewish plays? Thanks.

gluvscats

I am talking about the Jewish areas and plays in NYC.

nyer

gluvscats, do you mean historic areas where Jews lived when first coming to new York decades or centuries ago? Do you mean areas that have large Jewish populations now? There are many! And there are at least 3 Jewish museums in NYC, plus colleges etc, what exactly are you looking for? Are you planning on visiting these areas?

Aduchamp1

Most of the Jews have moved to the burbs. The Lower East Side still has remnants of a large Jewish population even though it is now over run by the tragically hip. Some stores to visit are Gus's or the Pickle Guys, Kossar's Bialys, Russ and Daughters, Katz's, and Moishe's Bakery.

Do not go on Saturday because some will be closed.

The Jewish theatre was called the Yiddish theater and there is a group dedicated to it.

http://www.folksbiene.org/


There is also a "Walk of Fame" for Yiddish theatre greats on the corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street. There are plaques in the sidewalk honoring those who made the Yiddish stage important. It used to in front of the Second Avenue Deli which became a bank.

gluvscats

Hi all. Appreciate all your help. Husband and I are interested in historic areas, current areas,and other jewish things to see and do. Did see one museum a couple years ago-very nice. What are the names of the others? When we were there in 2007, we saw the Jap show. It was a comedy with 4 ladies. Like to see other live musicals, dramas with jewish actors. Also, want to attend Friday night services at a Conservative Synagogue. Staying at Radisson Hotel 32nd/Broadway. It'd be great to meet some Jewish gals and couples too. Thanks.

Aduchamp1

The Jewish Museum
http://www.jewishmuseum.org/

Jewish Book Store
http://www.manhattanjudaica.com/

Temple Emanu-El, the largest Temple in the world
http://www.emanuelnyc.org/

Eldridge Street Synagogue
A rennovated 19th century Synagogue, highly recommended.
http://www.eldridgestreet.org/synagogue-history.html

There are Jewish walking tours, but since I have not taken them, thus I cannot recommend one or the other.

As for plays,I would check out NY Times, Time Out NY, adn New York magazine for what is playing when you come to NY.

mp

Besides Aduchamp's very good list, you also might check out the JCC-Manhattan, which is on the Upper West Side and has many events and theatre pieces throughout the year.
jccmanhattan.org/

basingstoke2

3 heavily Jewish areas are in Brooklyn. One is Boro Park, mostly modern orthodox, another is Williamsburg, mostly Chassidic and a third is around Eastern Parkway and Utica avenue, where many members of Chabad Lubovitch reside and is their headquarters.

Not a Jewish area per se is Little Odessa in Brighton Beach, settled by Russian Immigrants, many of whom are Jewish. "Jewish atmosphere" is nil but there is some terrific food to be had around there, but not kosher. I find it a most interesting and enjoyable place to visit.

nyer

Museums:
Jewish Museum

Museum of Jewish Heritage
http://www.mjhnyc.org

Center for Jewish History
http://www.cjh.org

The 92nd street Y
http://www.92y.org/
and the JCC in Manhattan
http://www.jccmanhattan.org/
often have lectures, exhibits and shows on Jewish themes.

A Broadway show that just opened last night might appeal to you,
American Plan. There's a review in today's NY Times.

The Jewish Week is a local non-denomination newspaper that also lists events and organizations.
http://www.thejewishweek.com/the_arts/c25/The_Arts.html for arts information and http://www.thejewishweek.com/directo...rectories.html for synagogues and other listings.

Hope this helps

mclaurie

I don't think there are any synagogues near your hotel, but a very good way to find out (and a good method to use for finding anything) is to map your hotel on
maps.google.com
and then use the "search nearby" feature for anything from restaurants to in this case conservative synagogue. When I tried that, it lists all synagogues so you have to look at each one, but you'll still get lots of info. This one looks interesting to me.
http://www.csfanyc.org/

Here's some other tour options
http://newyorklikeanative.parks.offi....com/BPJT.aspx

gluvscats

Shalom! Thank you all for the great suggestions. It will be hard to pick and choose where to go and what to see. My husband and I look forward to having a great time in May.

lp_nyc

If you visit the Lower East Side, I also highly recommend a visit to the Tenement Museum. They have a tour called "Piecing it Together" that is about the Jewish immigrant experience.

http://www.tenement.org/tours.html

I haven't taken this particular tour, but my husband and I took the Moore Family tour (irish immigrant) 2 weeks ago and were really impressed. We live in NYC and plan to return in the future to take the other tours.

sf7307

I took the Piecing it Together tour at the Tenement Museum (two of my grand/stepgrandfathers were Jewish immigrant tailors) and thought it was fascinating.

MikeT

3 heavily Jewish areas are in Brooklyn. One is Boro Park, mostly modern orthodox, another is Williamsburg, mostly Chassidic and a third is around Eastern Parkway and Utica avenue, where many members of Chabad Lubovitch reside and is their headquarters.

If you were going to visit one of these neighborhoods--just because I go to NYC a lot but want to explore something new--which would you recommend?

mclaurie

If you're just looking for a new neighborhood to explore, I'd pick Williamsburgh b/c it's close to Manhattan (right over the Brooklyn bridge) and has a lot going on right now from great shopping to hipster hangouts. If you're looking for a Jewish experience, I'd go on a tour in whichever of the areas has something that fits your schedule. I think without a tour, you can't get inside any of the buildings.

MikeT

I've been to hipster Williamsburg often, but haven't explored the other side of Williamsburg Ave. I don't need to see more hipsters. Your idea about a tour is a good one.

basingstoke2

I agree with mclaurie, Boro Park is mostly residential and small business although there are quite a few small kosher restaurants there as one would expect. There really is nothing to see around Utica Ave and Eastern Parkway other than the exterior of Chabad headquarters.

Little Odessa in Brighton Beach is fun to visit for its east Europe under the El atmosphere and you can walk on the boardwalk too.

MikeT

There is a walking tour of Crowne Heights run by the chasidic. I think I'm going to try that.