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  • The Epstein's dining room, recreated as part of 'Under One Roof.'
    The Epstein's dining room, recreated as part of 'Under One Roof.'
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    Bringing Immigrant Stories Home

    The Tenement Museum’s new exhibit focuses on families who came to the Lower East Side relatively recently

    byMarjorie Ingall
  • Kevin Jennings, the incoming president of the Tenement Museum on New York's Lower East Side.
    Kevin Jennings, the incoming president of the Tenement Museum on New York's Lower East Side.
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    Tenement Museum Names Kevin Jennings, an LGBT Advocate and Former Obama Education Official, as Its New President

    As the museum expands, so does its vision

    byRebecca Spence
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    Immigrant Story: The Value of Anzia Yezierska’s ‘Bread Givers’

    At New York’s Tenement Museum, panelists discussed the still-relevant meaning of Yezierska’s novel about an immigrant Jewish family on the Lower East Side

    byErika Dreifus
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    For the Love of Pickles

    In the heat of summer, nothing is as refreshing as a cold pickle. Just ask my kids.

    byMarjorie Ingall
  • Illustration for 'All-of-a-Kind Family.'(Helen John, from All-of-a-Kind Family, Random House)
    Illustration for 'All-of-a-Kind Family.'(Helen John, from All-of-a-Kind Family, Random House)
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    ‘All-of-a-Kind Family’ on the Lower East Side

    Writers and historians discuss Sydney Taylor’s newly-reissued book series

    byStephanie Butnick
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    (Shutterstock)
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    Overdue Library Book Identified after 86 Years

    Louise Sylvia Katz checked out Ludwig Lewisohn’s Israel in 1928

    byIsabel Fattal
  • Tenement Museum Visitor Center.(Tenement Museum)
    Tenement Museum Visitor Center.(Tenement Museum)
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    Tenement Museum Planning Major Expansion

    The $8 million project means more space for the Lower East Side institution

    byStephanie Butnick
  • A costumed interpreter portrays Bridget Moore in a program for school groups at the Tenement Museum.(Courtesy of the Tenement Museum)
    A costumed interpreter portrays Bridget Moore in a program for school groups at the Tenement Museum.(Courtesy of the Tenement Museum)
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    How To Give Your Kids a Taste of the Jewish Immigrant Experience

    Even though it’s just a few blocks from our home, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum gave my girls a chance to time-travel

    byMarjorie Ingall
  • Congregation Beth Elohim.(Megasus/Flickr)
    Congregation Beth Elohim.(Megasus/Flickr)
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    Beth Elohim Wins 250K Preservation Grant

    Park Slope synagogue will use funds to restore building, says rabbi

    byMarc Tracy
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