Learn where leaders of the Jewish Underworld began their nefarious activities, and discuss questions of morality, power, & assimilation.

This walking tour will focus on the “radicals” - anarchists, communists and socialists - who tried to change the structure of the American Way to improve the lives of Jewish immigrants - whether through our democratic process or through lawless acts of violence

Learn where leaders of the Jewish Underworld began their nefarious activities, and discuss questions of morality, power, & assimilation.

The notorious Five Points neighborhood in Manhattan was memorialized by Martin Scorsese’s 2002 film “Gangs of New York.” But did you know the real Five Points was also one of the first Jewish neighborhoods in New York City?

The history of the SOHO Cast-Iron Historic District, from Canal Street to Houston Street and West Broadway to Crosby Street, is as diverse as can be. t was also home to three of the oldest Jewish Synagogues in New York City, the early garment district, the first Broadway musical and more.

Nestled between Harlem to the south and Inwood to the north, Washington Hts is a distinctive Jewish enclave. Over 20,000 Jews settled here in the 1920's. In the 50's and 60's other ethnic groups arrived creating diversity like no other area in nyc.