New York’s Gilded Age Purim Balls
In the latter half of the 19th century, New York City’s wealthy German Jewish elite hosted one of the most extravagant and coveted social events of the season — the annual Purim Ball.
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Castle Garden
Castle Garden, also known as Castle Clinton National Monument, has had a varied past. Since its inception in 1808, the sandstone fortress in Manhattan’s Battery Park has been a military fortification, pleasure garden, and America’s first immigration center.
Restaurants and the City
About two hundred years ago, the first restaurants appeared in New York City. Before long, they became a mirror to society, reflecting greater divisions in gender, wealth, and occupation than ever before.
NYC Water: A Tale of Bureaucracy & Greed
New York City parts ways with the Manhattan Company after years of barely upholding their waterworks charter. In this conclusion, find out the crises and triumphs that finally bring “pure and wholesome water” to the city.
Aaron Burr & His Perfect Monster
Water in New York City is a story of greed and bureaucracy in public service where it least belongs but always does. It’s also the story of how a new nation takes shape. You just have to be patient. And in the case of NYC water, very patient!
Underground Waterways: NYC
The ultimate rabbit hole brings Hallie beneath Manhattan to study the underground waterways and the possibility of fishing in basements!
Jews in Colonial New York — Part 2
As British laws took over New York, Jews sought the same rights their Christian neighbors enjoyed.
Jews in Colonial New York — Part 1
More than land changed hands from the Lenape to the Dutch to the British. Religious tolerance and rights also shifted.
Bowery Lane
Before Chinatown and Five Points, before the street became known as “The Bowery,” it was Bowery Lane, a prior footpath shaped by the Lenape.
Jewish Women in Colonial America
Colonial American Jewish women shared many commonalities with their Christian neighbors, but certain important features of Jewish law and culture set them apart.