Museum at Eldridge Street
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“Meticulously restored over the last 20 years, this beloved Moorish Revival landmark on the Lower East Side spans three centuries of New York City architecture and history.”
– Travel + Leisure
"The synagogue can be viewed as part of an hour-long tour, which begins at the small museum downstairs where interactive "touch tables" teach all ages about Eldridge Street."
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"This landmarked house of worship, built in 1887, was once the center of Jewish life, before falling into squalor in the 1920s."
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"The first grand synagogue on the Lower East Side is now surrounded by dumpling shops and Chinese herb stores, but rewind about a century and you’d find delis and mikvot."
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"An 1887 synagogue, the oldest house of worship in the city for Eastern European Jews."
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"The Eldridge Street Synagogue... reopened as the Museum at Eldridge Street."
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