Museum at Eldridge Street 2013 Annual Report Photo: Brian Kutner Photo: Letter from the Chairman and Executive Director

we laid the groundwork for the Museum at Eldridge Street’s continued growth over the years to come. Planning took in 2013place for our new visitor center and permanent exhibition that opened in June 2014. Our educational programs for both young people and adults grew in popularity and depth of offerings. Our Lost and Found Music series presented classical Jewish musical traditions that are at risk of disappearing. All of this ensures that the Museum at Eldridge Street and the Eldridge Street Synagogue, our magnificent National Historic Landmark home, will continue to thrive well into the 21st century and beyond.

This is an exciting time to be affiliated with Eldridge Street. With the restoration behind us, the Museum is staking its place within New York City’s and the nation’s architectural, cultural and historic landscape.

As you will read in the report here, our landmark site—127 years old—is a place of cultural innovation. Critically acclaimed presentations of contemporary art, music and literature happen on a regular basis. New technologies, like our award-winning interactive displays, bring to life the story of this century-old synagogue for new generations. Along with our docents, university students immerse themselves in the history of our site and, in turn, retell its story through the tours they lead, the social media items they post, and the programs they help plan.

And while the historic sanctuary has been meticulously restored, it is also home to an Sorel Leo Photos: absolutely stunning work of contemporary art, the stained-glass window by Kiki Smith and Deborah Gans. Visitors young and old, from all faiths and cultural backgrounds, tell us how moved they are to discover the beauty of our landmark home and the wealth of tours, classes, concerts, exhibits, family events and school programs happening here.

With your support, we are well poised to continue both the preservation and the transformation of our landmark site. The restoration of the Eldridge Street Synagogue was conducted with “rigor and affection” in the words of New Yorker architectural critic Paul Goldberger. But it is the people who support and sustain, visit and engage with the Museum at Eldridge Street, who make the building come alive. You are part of that community and we thank you for all you have done to rescue and revitalize this American Jewish landmark.

Michael Weinstein Chairman Bonnie Dimun Executive Director “Thank you for the most magical book launch I could imagine. I truly felt connected with the deep Jewish history and reverence contained in the sanctuary. I was proud to stand there and talk about my ancestors 2013 and our shared Jewish history.” — Writer David Laskin highlights • 7,000 school-age children from more than 275 classes learned about Jewish culture and holidays, immigrant history and architecture. • More than 4,500 people participated in 65-plus cultural programs, including concerts, lectures, book talks, classes, and walking tours. • Our monthly Preservation Detectives program was voted “Best Family Tour” by Time Out New York and grew by 30%. • Our expanded Morris Kaplan Scholar in Residence and adult education program continued a long tradition of Jewish learning at our landmark site. • More than 8,500 people celebrated Jewish and Chinese culture and community at our 13th annual Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Festival. • Attendance for our Free Mondays continued to grow, with more than 4,750 people taking advantage of this program and other free Museum events. • Our social media community grew by more than 35% with 2,250 Facebook friends and 1,000 Twitter followers.

Opposite page: Musicians Remy Yulzari and Nadav Lev performing in our magnificent sanctuary. Right: A Chinese and a Hebrew scribe demonstrate their traditions side-by-side at our Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Festival. Kate Milford 3 public programs Lost & Found Music 2013 brought a new focus on Jewish classical music to our acclaimed Lost and Found Music series. The goal of this program is simple: to highlight and provide a meaningful and magnificent venue for the presentation of Jewish musical forms that are at risk of disappearing. This program serves as an extension of the Museum’s preservation mission—saving not Photos: Kate Milford Photos: only our historic landmark but the Jewish culture from which it emerged. Egg Rolls and Egg Creams the traditions of the historic Jewish community of the Lower East Side to A highlight of the fall season was our Festival the more recent community of Chinese Following Different Strings concert. On Sunday, June 9, more than 8,500 immigrants who now live and work in Four up-and-coming musicians from people visited the Museum at Eldridge the neighborhood. Generations joined the Juilliard School presented works Street for our Egg Rolls and Egg Creams together to present and enjoy arts by Joseph Achron, Gideon Klein, Festival. Our largest annual event, the that have stood the test of time but Eric Wolfgang Korngold and Erwin festival celebrates Jewish and Chinese have never become static. Schulhoff, Jewish composers from culture, community and neighborhood. Russia and the Czech Republic Klezmer music, cantorial singing, The Museum’s 2013 Egg Rolls & Egg Creams who were active before and during Peking opera, mah jongg games, Festival was supported in part by the demonstrations of Hebrew and Chinese Manhattan Borough President’s Office Cultural World War II. Tourism Program (The Honorable Scott Stringer), scribal art, Yiddish and Chinese lessons, The Museum’s 2013 concerts were supported National Endowment for the Arts, New York and delicious kosher food demon­ in part by the William and Dewey Edelman City Department for the Aging, New York City Charitable Trust, the Glener Family in honor strations were all part of the mix. Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership of Lyla Glener’s 75th birthday, the Goos Family with the City Council, the New York State Council in memory of Joseph B. Rosenblatt, and The Festival, which has been going on the Arts with the support of Governor The Weinreb-Berenda-Carter Foundation, Inc. strong for thirteen years, was born out Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, NYC & Co Foundation, and NYC in memory of Dr. Ruth W. Berenda. of the desire to celebrate the neighbor­ Council District 1 (The Honorable Margaret Chin). hood’s immigrant experience—from Kate Milford 5 public Programs continued

Morris Kaplan Scholar in Residence and Adult Learning Program Learning, community and respectful debate are the ingredients for the Museum’s adult learning classes. In 2013 the Museum expanded its offerings and provided a robust roster of classes on Jewish history and culture. Morris Kaplan Scholar in Residence Dr. Regina Stein’s weekly tours exhibitsNew Visitor Center Internship Program Holiday Programming class on the Torah portion, Ancient in the Works During the past five years, under the In 2013 the Museum expanded its Custom, New Twist, was a perennial With funding of $370,000, in 2013 the leadership of Public Program Director offerings taking place on and around favorite. She used approaches by Museum planned for the creation of a Hanna Griff-Sleven, the Museum’s the Jewish and national holidays, modern Israeli and American scholars new orientation center and internship program has become including Mother’s Day, Columbus and archaeologists for a 21st-century permanent exhibition for our growing highly sought after, attracting Day, Passover and Chanukah weeks, take on weekly Torah study. Dr. Stein visitorship. Archimuse Design served students from Brandeis University, and Christmas Day. On Mother’s Day, also offered a monthly book club and as the project architect and designed Grinnell College, New York University, our Yiddishe Mamas walking tour a class that examined how different a new and more welcoming Pratt Institute, University of followed in the footsteps of faiths have interpreted and re-told the admissions area, exhibition space, Pennsylvania and Rutgers University pioneering Jewish women of the stories of the bible. improved visitor amenities and among others. Through a grant Lower East Side. Passover week was Urban historian Barry Feldman offered pathways, and a new classroom. A provided by the David Berg one of our busiest, with people popular classes on Jewish identity centerpiece of the new visitor center is Foundation, The Eugene Lang College participating in building tours, in America and led lively discussions a permanent exhibition where visitors The New School for Liberal Arts walking tours and family events. can pore over historical documents, provided two interns per semester on how Judaism has evolved in the More than 450 people came to the architectural fragments, Yiddish signs, during the school year. United States. In a four-part class, Museum on December 25 for our personal effects, an illustrated map of folklorist Dr. Hanna Griff-Sleven Our small, dynamic museum provides joyous “Klez for Kids” concert and Eastern Europe and thumbnail explored the role of ritual and a hands-on environment where tours of the Eldridge Street biographies of leading figures of the observance in Judaism. All classes students gain experience in all aspects Synagogue. Later that week we Eldridge Street Synagogue’s early were held in the building’s historic of museum operations. Students also provided rugelach workshops and congregation. The new visitor center bes medrash (house of study) and participate in weekly field trips to New walking tours visiting sites of Jewish and exhibition opened in June 2014. build on the Eldridge Street York City museums to gain an under­ significance on the Lower East Side. Synagogue’s longstanding tradition The new visitor center and exhibition are standing of the diverse cultural Even those who did not participate in of Jewish learning. supported by the Institute for Museum and land­scape and opportunities within the rugelach workshops enjoyed the Library Services, 180 Varick Corporation, Susan The Museum’s Morris Kaplan Scholar in and Jay Anderson, Anonymous, Bloomberg, the museum world. Rewarding delicious smells wafting through the Residence program is supported in The David Berg Foundation, The David Geffen projects include tour-giving, working air! Our holiday events sold out and part by the Alice Lawrence Foundation with Foundation, The Feil Organization, Naomi Gat, on public and educational program­ served more than 675 visitors during additional support provided by the Edouard Hyde and Watson Foundation, Blanche and ming, special events and fundraising the year. Foundation, the Leo Rosner Foundation, the Irving Laurie Foundation, and the Lucius N. Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family Foundation, Littauer Foundation. initiatives, writing for our blog and the New York State Council on the Arts with the social media, and historical research. support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership “This ranks with the historical 19th century synagogues of Europe and Israel as well with the City Council. worth a visit. Visitors of any religion will savor the space.” —2013 Visitor

6 7 “Rich with information and tons of fun.” —Second Grade Teacher, PS 20 school family My New York programs Why is a synagogue in the middle of Preservation Detectives Chinatown? In 2013, nearly eight Named the “Best Family Tour in 2013” hundred curious second graders by Time Out New York, our Preservation came to the museum to find out. Detectives family program offered an Participating in our newest educational entertaining assortment of monthly program, My New York, students scavenger hunts, walking tours, and investigated how—and why—the city holiday programs. Attendance has changed over time. They were increased nearly 30% from 2012 to captivated by images of the neighbor­ 2013 as families enjoyed chocolate hood’s past, excited by lively discussion, Young Writers in Chinatown making, art projects, and exploring and awed by the beauty of the Eldridge For 127 years, the magnificent Eldridge our National Historic Landmark. This Street Synagogue. Street Synagogue has inspired year, when Chanukah and Thanksgiving thousands of people including artists, fell on the same day, families joined Young historians discovered how the musicians and in 2013, budding poets. us to celebrate the once in a lifetime city’s landscape, street names, and Participating in a pilot program called holiday of Thanksgivukkuh. Over one historic sites like the Eldridge Street The Eldridge Street Poetry Project, young hundred Preservation Detectives Synagogue offer fascinating clues to writers explored the history and beauty came to Eldridge Street to make an earlier time. History came to life of the Eldridge Street Synagogue. as they explored the building, its challurkeys (turkey shaped challah), immigrant story and its place in a Armed with graphic organizers and menurkeys (turkey shaped menorahs) constantly changing neighborhood. provided with guiding questions, and Thanksgiving Gelt. students turned discoveries into Designed to enrich the second grade The Museum’s family and K-12 school programs social studies curriculum, My New words and words into poetry. Finished are funded by The Brenner Family Foundation, York included music, film, and an art poems and drawings were displayed the Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg Family Foundation, the Marc Haas Foundation, the project. As students learned more at the Museum and students, parents, Jewish Community Youth Foundation, The and teachers returned for an exciting about their city, they considered the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the importance of preserving the past, publishing party. Poised to expand in Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, the Leo Rosner and best of all, figured out why future years, the program was Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City a synagogue is in the middle designed to support the annual Council, and the New York State Council on the poetry unit in the New York schools of Chinatown! Arts with the support of Governor Andrew and to meet Common Core ELA Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. standards for writing. Oi Hu 9 “Well done. Meets the needs of young and old.” —Family Program Participant public programs 2013 Music A World of Shapes & Colors Triangle Fire Memorial Adult Learning April 14 March 10 12th Night Klezmer American Jewish History The Real Housewives Passover Nosh & Stroll February 10 with Dr. Regina Stein of Eldridge Street March 17 Sylvan Winds Concert January 15–March 5 (8 sessions) May 12 Eldridge Street After Hours March 3 Spiritual Jewish Workshop Pickles, Playgrounds March 21, April 18, May 9, Treasures of Sephardic June 13 with Dr. Regina Stein & Candy Shops Song with the January 17–February 7 (4 sessions) June 2 Sholem Aleichem Tribute Gerard Edery Ensemble April 14 Truth and Consequences Hidden Spaces and April 28 The Jews of Pinsk with Dr. Regina Stein (kind of) Creepy Places Litvakus Concert February 14-March 7 (4 sessions) July 14 Book Launch May 19 Ancient Customs, New Twist All of a Kind with Mark Mirsky Lower East Side May 5 with Dr. Regina Stein Family Walking Tour Accordion Arkestra October 10–December 19 August 11 Yiddishe Mamas October 27 (10 sessions) New Year Walking Tour Shtreiml: Jewish Roots May 12 Monthly Book Club Chocolate Meltdown & Turkish Blues with Dr. Regina Stein September 15 Egg Rolls and Egg Creams November 10 October 7-May 5 (8 sessions) Columbus Day Celebration Festival Following Different Strings Retold Tales of the Bible October 14 June 9 Concert with the with Dr. Regina Stein Election Day Bingo Lower East Side October 8-November 26 Juilliard School November 5 Walking Tour (8 sessions) November 17 Thanksgivukkuh Celebration June 30 The Lure and Lore of Ritual November 24 Art & Architecture with Dr. Hanna Griff-Sleven Family Klez for Kids Walking Tour November 6-December 4 December 25 July 14 Hidden Spaces and (4 sessions) Encounters with Jewish (kind of) Creepy Places Jewish History with Writers | Book Talk with January 13 Talks, Walks, Barry Feldman Heroes and Villains Festivals and More Author Jules Chametzky October 28–November 25 February 10 October 6 (4 sessions) Wintergreen Festival: Chocolate Plagues Open House New York Reflecting on the Beilis Trial A Tu B’Shvat Celebration October 13 Co-sponsored event at the and Matzo Madness January 27 March 10 The Family Book Party Center for Jewish History Love in the Time with Author David Laskin November 4 of the Internet October 15 Erika Parry February 21 11 Temple Avodah Shalom Temple Beth Ahm Temple Beth El Temple Emanuel Temple Beth Or Temple Beth Shalom 2013 group Temple Beth Tikvah Temple B’nai Torah Temple Brith Achim Temple B’rith Sholom Temple Etz Chaim Temple Har Shalom Temple Ner Tamid Temple Shalom of Aberdeen New Jersey Temple Sholom Sisterhood Temple Sinai The Community Synagogue The New Reform Temple visitors United Synagogue of Hoboken Washington Hebrew Congregation West London Synagogue Lower East Side Jewish Colleges & Tours Conservancy Manhattan Multicultural Summer Universities Albert Einstein Hadassah Youth Program Anti-Defamation League Barnard College Marlboro Jewish Center Atria Senior Living Group City College of New York Museum of Jewish Heritage Beacon Center for Arts & Columbia University New York Travel Writers Leadership Jewish Theological Seminary North Shore Community Arts B’nai B’rith Linfield College Council Carlton College Alumni New York University ORT America Chinatown YMCA: New Americans Nyack College Pound Ridge Jewish Community Welcome Center Newfoundland Public Sector Class Project ORE Cobb County Schools Pace University Queensboro Public Library Co-op Village NORC Parsons -The New School Red Hat Group Crane’s Mill Retirement Community for Design Rosenthal JCC Westchester Digital Photo Academy Queens College Samuel Field Y East Meadow Public Library Sarah Lawrence College Senior Citizen League of Flatbush Educational Alliance Trinity College Golda Meir School PS 1, PS 2, PS 15, PS 20, PS 42 Temple Beth Ahm Yisrael Shalom Brooklyn Schools and Camps Synagogues Faith House Manhattan University of Wyoming Gotham Professional Arts Academy PS 87, PS 102, PS 107Q, PS 116 Religious School Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood 92nd Street Y Bet Am Shalom Synagogue Fantastic Tours Stern College for Women Greene Hill School PS 124, PS 137, PS 137M, PS 140 The Calhoun School Center Abraham Joshua Heschel School Beth Emet Synagogue Fulton TAH Study Group Yeshiva University Hebrew Academy of the PS 148, PS 204, PS 361 The Jewish Academy Suburban Torah Center of Agnes Irwin School Beth El Synagogue Gilder Lehrman Institute Five Towns and Rockaway Rodeph Shalom School The Neighborhood School Livingston Bais Yaakov D’Gur B’nai Keshet Synagogue Greenwich Village Society for Hamilton Madison Child Care School 1—Martin B Anderson The Town School Tenement Museum Beis Yaacov of Passaic Brotherhood Synagogue Historic Preservation Har Torah Solomon Schechter Day School Trevor Day School The Cloisters Berkeley Carroll Congregation Agudas Achim Hadassah HASC Center Sports & Arts in Schools UN Care Services The Transition Network Berner Middle School Congregation Beth Israel Intrepid Museum Hebrew College Prozdor Foundation Vanguard High School Timeline Touring Blue School Congregation Beth Judah JASA Far Rockaway High School of Economics St. Francis High School Yeshiva of Brooklyn Turnstyle Tours B’nai Israel Religious School Congregation Beth Or Jewish Center of Princeton and Finance & Blessed Trinity High School Yeshiva of Central Queens Twin-Travel Camp Tel Yehuda Congregation Beth Shalom Jewish Community Youth Ivy Prozdor Hebrew High School Stuyvesant High School Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman UJA Federation—Lions of Judah Chana Pinson School Congregation Or Shalom Foundation Jewish Primary Day School Tanenbaum Chat School High School UJA Federation of New York City and Country School Congregation Sons of Israel Jewish Federation of Greater Jewish Teen Learning Connection Tarbut V’Torah Community UNAOC EF Summer School Curious Kids Conservative Synagogue of Atlanta LaGuardia PCAP ESL Day School Vermillion United Church of Christ DeWitt Middle School Westport Jewish Home for Assisted Living Leo Baeck North Campus School Washington Jewish Study Group Dorothy Day Early Childcare Center Congregation Shearith Israel Jewish Labor Committee/UFT Little Red School House Young Israel Senior Services Eastern Middle School Congregation Sons of Israel Jewish Heritage Committee Lyons Community School “A wonderful learning opportunity for of Midwood Educational Alliance Preschool Emanuel Synagogue Sisterhood Jewish War Veterans Post #717 MacDuffie School Youngstown Ohio Jewish Fayerweather School our students and parents. The students Har Shalom Just Home Manhattan Charter School Community Center Fieldston High School Kehilat Romemu LaGuardia Senior Center Marta Valle High School learned Manhattan history, develop­ment Zenith Travel Fox Lane High School Museum School Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation Learning Through an Expanded Friends Seminary Museum Teen Summit of the land, appreciation of the space, Lakeside Congregation Arts Program Genessee Community Plainview Old Bethpage excitement that this space is still here.” Mount Zion Temple Oakland Little Neck Jewish Center Charter School High School — United Synagogue of Hoboken

12 13 Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg with Valerie Jacob and Jonathan L. Mechanic of Fried Frank 2013

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg Richard Rabinowitz, Robert Post, Sanford Levinson and Hillel Levine GALA and Arlene Goldfarb The Museum’s May 29 gala at Gotham Hall was a huge success, raising $645,000 for our educational and cultural activities. Board member Arlene Goldfarb served as gala chair. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined us to present the award to the law firm of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, recognizing the firm’s advocacy for the Museum. The firm was represented Stanley and Judith Zabar, Inger Mirsky, Richard Rabinowitz, and Roberta Brandes Gratz and Mark Mirsky at the gala by attorneys Valerie Jacob Helene Walsey, Romy Silverstein, Steven Walsey, Craig Walsey, Lisa Africk and David Walsey and Jonathan L. Mechanic, a Museum board member. The Museum honored “The Museum at Eldridge public historian Richard Rabinowitz Street honors the and businessman Steven Walsey, both Bonnie Dimun and Edwin Margolius immigrant experience. It of whom serve on the Museum’s Board has always been at the of Directors. Dr. Rabinowitz and Mr. core of our city and has Walsey have played vital roles in the rescue and renewal of our magnificent done an exceptional job of National Historic Landmark. opening its doors to all

communities and teaching Right: Kenneth and and reinforcing tolerance.” Bill Hutchinson, Jeanette Nostra-Katz, Casey Viera, Stacey Goldfarb and Jeff Goldfarb Richard Rabinowitz and Lynda Kaplan —Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg Nancy Stein Below: Wendy and Jonathan L. Mechanic, Arlene Goldfarb, and Todd and Ann-Marie Kahn Left: Seated l to r: Laura Finvarb, Eric Cohler, Debbie Goodman Davis, Arlene Goldfarb and Casey Viera; Standing l to r: Lenny Tanzer, Maya Ezratti, Esther Goldfarb, Jackie Stone, Stacey Goldfarb, Jeff Goldfarb, Harry Stone,

and Lola Tanzer Arlene and Morris Goldfarb Sorel Leo Photos: 14 15 contributors 2013 was a strong financial year for the Leadership Circle Gold Circle Museum thanks to the generosity of our Gifts of $50,000 and over Gifts of $10,000 - $24,999 Board of Directors and supporters, Arlene and Morris Goldfarb/ Mr. Morris Bailey generous bequests and our very G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. Ms. Suzy B. Boshwit Paula and Jeffrey Gural The Brenner Family Foundation successful May gala. The Museum also The Marc Haas Foundation Brookfield Office Properties/ raised over $370,000 for our ground floor Institute of Museum and Mitchel E. Rudin restoration. Located just below the Library Services CBRE, Inc./Craig Reicher building’s historic main sanctuary, this The Betty and Norman F. Levy Mr. Haim Chera Foundation COACH/Todd Kahn space will house a new visitor orientation Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Bonnie and Tony Dimun center and permanent exhibition. Estate of Meyer Smolen Fidelity National Title The Weinstein Foundation The Goldie Anna Charitable Trust Behind-the-scenes but very important Estate of Elvira and Herbert Weller Iron Hound Management Company, support for the Museum was provided by LLC/Robert Verrone the David Berg Foundation and Joanna Platinum Circle JPMorganChase/Anthony Jaffe and Daniel Rose for an institution-wide Gifts of $25,000–$49,999 The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation Madison International Realty/ overhaul of the Museum’s software and David Berg Foundation Ronald Dickerman hardware technology. Raising funds for Bloomberg Ms. Harriet Messinger these critical operational needs is not The David Geffen Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Alice Lawrence Foundation, glamorous and, thus, not easy. We Normandy Real Estate Partners Inc./The Lawrence Family Rothstein, Kass & Company/ are deeply grateful to the David Berg Fried Frank Harris Shriver Paul Rich Foundation and the Rose Family for & Jacobson/Jonathan L. Mechanic The Leo Rosner Foundation providing support to streamline and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Mr. Steven Roth in partnership with the enhance the systems that manage RXR Realty New York City Council/ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stainman our marketing, fundraising, and The Honorable Margaret Chin Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Tisch programmatic activities. Rhonda and Robert Silver Tishman Speyer Helene and Steve Walsey Thank you to all of our donors for Waterman Properties, LLC/ your generous support in 2013. Your Philip Waterman III contributions help sustain the National Historic Landmark 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue as a center for all visitors to discover Jewish-American traditions and culture, Lower East Side immigrant history, and architectural preservation. January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 17 Silver Circle William and Dewey Edelman Gifts of $500 and over Gifts of $250 and over Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sussman Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Byron Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tajfel Mr. Joshua R. Cammaker Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Frank Arnold Ms. Barbara Ann Abeles Cynthia Wainwright Ms. Phyllis Caroff Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Elias Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burger Mr. Hirschel B. Abelson Mr. and Mrs. Sammy Aaron and Stephen Berger Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Cener Enterprise CarShare Irwin Cantor and Sylvia Posner Mr. and Mrs. William Baron The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation Mr. Kenneth L. Wyse Dr. Jules Chametzky Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Ewenstein Mr. Eric Cohler Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Bejar Elias A. Cohen Foundation, Inc. Ms. Janine B. Yamamoto Mrs. Susan Chapro Ms. Maya Ezratti Mr. and Mrs. Samson Deutscher Ms. Marilyn Belous The Edouard Foundation, Inc. Yiddish Book Center Mr. Dave J. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. 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Navasky Ms. Tammy Brainin Mr. Steven Napolitano Mr. and Mrs. Robert Finvarb Ms. Ann Bramson Nagourney Mr. and Mrs. Eli Wachtel Mr. Lawrence Orenstein Mr. Bill Brazell Orda Management Corporation/ Jacob and Mollie Fishman Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond Learsy Mr. Joseph Polizzotto Ms. Bernice Brief Morton F. Silver Dr. and Mrs. Robert Weiser Foundation The Chazen Foundation Mr. Robert C. Post Mrs. Betsy Broder Mr. and Mrs. Rick White Mr. Donald Fleishaker City Access New York, Inc. Mr. Vincent Pascal Mr. Saul Raw Mr. and Mrs. Alan Brout Wien and Malkin LLP Mr. Charles A. Forma Mr. and Mrs. Fred Colin Podell Rothman Schechter Mrs. Sheila Johnson Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brower Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Williams Mr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Freedman Mr. Raymond Connors & Banfield LLP Mr. and Mrs. Saul Rosen Mrs. Barbara Brown Mr. Shimon Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Solomon J. Cool Culture Mr. and Mrs. John Pomerantz Mr. and Mrs. James Rosenfeld Drs. Lawrence O. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Yaeger Freedman Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Pristaw Mrs. Shirley Saunders Sandi and Allen Brune The Crystal Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Yalof Peter Freiberg and Ms. Sheila Pyers Dr. and Mrs. Norman Schulman Lori Buchbinder and Cushman & Wakefield/Tara Stacom Nora and Barry Yood Joe-Tom Easley Lynda B. Kaplan and Richard Rabinowitz Mr. Lawrence Schwartz Raymond McDaniel Mr. and Mrs. Brian Daniels Judy and Stanley Zabar Ms. Lisa Friedlander Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Reiff Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Shelanski Ms. Andrea Burger Ms. Deborah Goodman Davis Mr. and Mrs. Seth Zachary Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gamburg Dr. Elliott Rosch Mrs. Stella Skura Mr. David Burgin Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeBernardis Mrs. Judy Francis Zankel Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garfunkel Mrs. Eugenia Rosen Susan L. Steinhauser and Mr. Samuel Burke The Doneger Group Mrs. Sarah A. Gelber Sheila and Joseph B. Rosenblatt Messrs. Ray Kurdziel and Howard Zar Daniel Greenberg Ms. Nancy Burstein Mr. and Mrs. Neal Dorf Mr. and Mrs. Scott Zucker Mrs. Deborah Gellen Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Duskin Philip J. Rosenthal and Barbara Pearson Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Ruben Brian Kutner 18 19 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horowitz Mr. and Mrs. Lewis D. Lowenfels Professor Sidney Lee Posel Ms. Linda Taub THE 1887 SOCIETY Mr. Robert Vincent Huber Ms. Tina Lubin Ms. Betsy Posner Mr. and Mrs. Ziv Tavor List as of December 31, 2013 Mona Schnitzler and Ms. Renee Luebke Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Post Temple Israel of NYC Jonathan H. Hurwitz Mrs. Jeanine Mah Dr. Louise Yood Postman Mr. Richard Titan Members of the Museum’s 1887 Ms. Florence Hutner Dr. George Mallis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Potack Ms. Susan W. Tofias Society have chosen to create a Dr. Gisa Indenbaum Mr. Morris Mansfield Mr. and Mrs. Ed Potter Ms. Janet Toledano legacy that will live on at Eldridge International Blind Mr. and Mrs. Max Marco Mr. John Preston Dr. and Mrs. Michael Troner Street by establishing a planned Contractors, Ltd. Lori Zabar and Mark Mariscal Mrs. Sarah Rabinowitz Dr. Susan D. Trutt Mr. Jonathan Jakus Mr. Burton H. Marks Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rawicz Mr. Paul Tuchman gift to benefit the Museum. These JCC of Harrison Inc. Mr. Ken Marks Dr. Cynthia Rawitch Tuchman, Korngold, Weiss, individuals were caring donors Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kahn Ms. Silvia Marx Ms. Susanne P. Reilly Lippman & Gell who expressed their interest in Mr. Steven W. Kalt Mr. and Mrs. Bob Meister Mr. James Reiss Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Turner preserving Jewish heritage. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kandel Ms. Joan S. Meister Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Renkin Dr. Deborah Verlen Mr. and Mrs. Steven Kantor Ms. Joyce A. Mendelsohn Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rennert Dr. and Mrs. Jack Victor We are honored to add their names Whitney Cox Mrs. Betty Kaplan Ms. Claire Mendelson Mr. Todd Rich Casey Vieira to the Museum at Eldridge Street’s Mr. Mannon Kaplan Dr. Faith Menken Mr. Fred M. Richman Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Volpert 1887 Society roster. Ms. Adelle Gersten Dr. Sheila J. Kaplan Mr. and Mrs. David Metzger Mr. Emanuel Rizick Mr. Terry Wachalter Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Ginsberg Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Ms. Syva Meyers Mr. Jarrow L. Rogovin Ms. Honey Waldman Estate of Lucie Blau Mr. Myron Ginsberg Family Foundation Ms. Paula Michtom Dr. Melvin K. Roseman Ms. Eileen Wilk Walsh Estate of David J. Fox The Honorable Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kasoff Matthew and Amy Stein Milford Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. Warren Mr. Murray Rosen Peter Aaron/OTTO Estate of Blanche K. Goldberg Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mr. Stanley Katz Mr. and Mrs. Richard Miller Ms. Teri Rosen Ms. Nancy B. Wasserman Estate of Fanny Goldfarb Mr. and Mrs. Steven Glener Ms. Bonnie Kelm Mrs. Sandra Milles Ms. Marian Rosenberg Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Seemann Ms. Beverly Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Goetz Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kerpen Dr. and Mrs. Mark Mirsky Mr. Kenneth Rosenblum Ms. Hermine M. Seidenberg Mr. Max Weintraub Estate of Peryl Gottesman Ms. Bertha Goldman Ms. Susan Kingsbury Montgomery Ms. Nina Moinester Ms. Florence Rosenwein Ms. Ellen Shabi Ms. Marcia Weiss Estate of Julius W. Graber Ms. Lucy Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kirshenbaum Mr. Oleksander Mologoko Mr. Monroe H. Rosner Mrs. Martin Shane Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Weiss Estate of Lillian Gross Frederick Goldman, Inc. Dr. Robert E. Kleiger Mr. Peter R. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Ross Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Sy Weiss Estate of Stella Freeman Harmon Mr. Leon Goldstein Mrs. Carol Klein Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moskowitz Mrs. Janet Ross Drs. Robert Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Weller Estate of Miriam Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Melvin S. Goldstein Mr. David J. Klein Mrs. Stephen P. Moskowitz Mrs. Esther Roth Mrs. Norma Jean Shufro Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Goldstein Mr. William Klein Mr. and Mrs. Irving Natter Ms. Susan Roth Mr. Max R. Shulman Estate of Louis Katzowitz Mr. Stuart Goldstein Ms. Patricia Klemz Mr. Richard Nebb Ms. Lori L. Cohen and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Siegel Estate of Emma Landau Mr. and Mrs. James Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Koenig Ms. Cindy Nelson Mr. Christopher H. Rothko Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Silver Estate of Selma Merkin Dr. and Mrs. Edward G. Green Ms. Ella Kohn Mr. and Mrs. David I. Newman Mr. Stuart A. Rothstein Mr. and Mrs. Sol Silverberg Estate of Harriet Messinger Ms. Marisa Green Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Kominsky Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Newman Mr. and Mrs. John M. Rozett Ms. Jennifer Silverman Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Green Mr. and Mrs. Richard Korn Mr. Steven A. Okin Ms. Beverly M. Rubin Ms. Letty Simon Estate of Beatrice Palestin Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Green Mr. Myron Kornbluh Mr. Philip Oppenheimer Mr. Herbert Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Gary Singer Estate of Ada Rovinsky Ms. Suzanne Green Mrs. Katarina Kozuchowska Ms. Janice Oresman Mr. Jeffrey Wayne Rubin Ms. Mary Sivak Estate of Matilda Gross Scheiner Mr. and Mrs. Burton G. Greenblatt Duplessy Mr. Harry Otterman Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Rubin Mr. Douglas A. Skolnick Estate of Meyer Smolen Mr. Francis Greenburger/ Mr. Seymour Krasner Mrs. Myrna Palley Mr. Vincent Saccente Mr. and Mrs. Abraham J. Small Estate of Elvira and Herbert Weller Time Equities Mr. Alan C. Krieger Mr. Michael Paston Mrs. Greer Rivlin Saltzman Dr. and Mrs. James C. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Abraham J. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krinsky Mr. Daniel Paul Dr. and Mrs. Martin J. Salwen Mr. Willard J. Smith Estate of Zelda W. Werner Greenstein Dr. and Mrs. Henry Krumholz Mr. Barry C. Pearce Ms. Esther Samet Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Smotrich Estate of Alexander Wincberg Ms. Gail R. Gremse Mr. David F. Kuck Mr. and Mrs. Richard Perfit Ms. Shirley A. Samis SO Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Steven Griff Mr. Jonathan Myles Kushner Mr. Edward Pincover Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Sandberg Mr. George Y. Sodowick Ms. Melanie H. Grishman Mr. and Mrs. Jerome S. Lachs Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pine Ms. Sara-Ann Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Steven Sokol Public Support Mrs. Barbara Grodd Mrs. Ellen Lang Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Pollen Mr. Edward S. Sandler Ms. Treena Sokol New York City Council/ Peter Aaron/OTTO Mr. Mark A. Grossbard Mr. Warren Laskey Mr. Michael Sarver Mr. Laurence T. Sorkin The Honorable Margaret Chin Mr. Micah Grossman Mr. Harvey I. Leifert Ms. Dava Savel Ms. Katie Sperling Mrs. Helene V. Wenzel Institute for Museum and Mr. Seymour I. Gussack Mr. Donald Levin Charlotte Barnard and Ms. Cheryl Spielman Ms. Lisa Wernick Library Services Mr. Burton K. Haimes Ms. Donna B. Levison Robert Sawyer Dr. and Mrs. Morton E. Spitzer Westchester Reform Temple Manhattan Borough President’s Office/ Jane Dorlester and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin J. Levy Mr. Howard Schain Mr. Todd J. Stearn Mr. Howard Williams The Honorable Scott Stringer Aron R. Halberstam Dr. Adam Lichtman Mrs. Annette Sally Schecter Ms. Ilene Stein Mr. Lewis Wirshba National Endowment for the Arts Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Halpern Mr. L. Robert Lieb Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schnur Rabbi and Mrs. Jonathan Stein Mr. and Mrs. M. Peter Yahr Mr. and Mrs. James W. Harris Ms. Valrie Lieberman Ms. Helen Schulberg Mr. and Mrs. Myron Stein New York City Department for the Aging Ms. Phyllis Yohai Ms. Hedy Hartman Ms. Lillian Lipka Mr. Harvey Schussler Dr. Regina Stein Mr. and Mrs. George E. Zeitlin New York City Department Mrs. Toby Harwood Ms. Ardele Lister Ms. Charlotte Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Steinfeld Ms. Helen Zelon of Cultural Affairs in partnership Mr. David Hellerstein Ms. Ann Littman Mr. and Mrs. David S. Schwartz Mr. Jules G. Stern Mr. Meyer Zinn with the New York City Council Mr. Norman Himelberg Mr. and Mrs. Bud London Mr. Elliot Schwartz Ms. Sandy L. Stern Mr. H. J. Zoffer New York State Council on the Arts Mr. Shelly Hirsch Mr. Todd London Drs. Mark D. Schwartz Esther Esh Sternberg Foundation Ms. Tobey M. Zuckerman New York State Council with the support Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Hoffinger Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Lorber Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Schwartz Mrs. Dianne B. Stillman of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Mr. and Mrs. John Horowitz Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Low Mr. Steven Schwartzman Ms. Jill Swerdloff New York State Legislature Kate Milford Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tate

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GOVERNMENT OTHER EARNED INCOME 3% 8% TOURS/ ADMISSION 8% support FOUNDATIONS GALA AND CORPORATIONS 37% 16% HO W YOU CAN HELp

Donate Volunteer Spread the Word Your tax-deductible contribution Become a docent and share the story Bring your friends, family, colleagues INDIVIDUALS 28% supports the care and maintenance of our landmark building with people and out-of-town visitors. Recommend of the Eldridge Street Synagogue, from around the world. Join our a group visit to your house of worship, a National Historic Landmark, and student internship program and be club, community center or school. cultural and educational programs a part of the day-to-day operations Learn more: 212.219.0302 x5 or email for people of all backgrounds. Special of one of New York City’s leading [email protected] opportunities include gifts to honor Jewish museums. or memorialize loved ones, our Learn more Connect Glass Block Dedication Tribute Wall by source 212.219.0302 x5 or email 2013 EXPENSES permanent naming opportunities, Help us build a vibrant percent of total [email protected] and our 1887 Society planned social media community. giving program. Celebrate Learn more /museumateldridgestreet Celebrate your lifecycle event or 212.219.0888 x202 or email RESTORATION important occasion at our magnificent & BUILDING [email protected] National Historic Landmark. /eldridgestreet 21% Learn more 212.219.0888 x204 or email eldridgestreet.org/blog PROGRAMS [email protected] MANAGEMENT 48% & GENERAL 11%

FUNDRAISING 12%

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22 Board of Directors Staff Docents

Michael Weinstein, Chairman Bonnie Dimun, Executive Director Roberta Berken, Master Docent Lorinda Ash, President Amy Stein-Milford, Deputy Director Harriet Benjamin Kenneth L. Stein, Vice President Eva Bruné, Vice President Mara Bernstein Paul Rich, Treasurer for Institutional Advancement Melvyn Birnbaum Mark Mirsky, Secretary Bette Cohen Courtney Byrne-Mitchell, Roberta Brandes Gratz, Clarice Feinman Director of Visitor Services Founder and President Emeritus Barry Feldman Judy Greenspan, Director of Education Suzy Boshwit Jane Frank Mildred Caplow Hanna Griff-Sleven, Director of Naomi Gat Eric Cohler Cultural Programs and Internships Lyla Glener Ester R. Fuchs Nancy Johnson, Archivist Rochelle Goldstein Arlene Goldfarb Sara Lowenburg, Education Associate Gil Gordon Jeffrey R. Gural Anita Graber Sharon Stein, Visitor Services Associate Jonathan L. Mechanic Barbara Greenberg David Moore Lee Greenberg Richard Rabinowitz Leah Horowitz Rhonda Silver Jan Kampel David Sitzer Herb Kass Michele Cohn Tocci Linda Katz Steven Walsey Jenna Kronenberg Jeffrey S. Wilks Roberta Koza Howard Zar Patti Myers Liz Offenbach Seth Offenbach Gitty Prus Erynn Sarno Joyce Shenker Maxine Simson Susan Slater Miryam Wasserman Sylvia Weiner Zoe Yates Barry Yood Henry Zimring

Interns Laili Amighi, Brandeis University Jessica Katzen, Wesleyan College Sophie Kaufman, Eugene Lang College The New School Meredith Carroll Meredith Museum at Eldridge Street docents Julie Hartman, Kenyon College Nicola Kreinczes, London, England Rebecca Migirov, Eugene Lang College The New School Emilie Amar-Zifkin, Fordham University The Museum at Eldridge Street, a non-sectarian cultural organization in Lower Manhattan, is preserving and interpreting the historic 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue, a magnificent National Historic Landmark that re-opened in December 2007 after an extensive restoration. Since then, more than 225,000 people from around the world have participated in tours, cultural events, exhibits and educational programs that present the history and heritage of this historic house of worship and the Jewish immigrant community of the Lower East Side.

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