lower east side
Modern Orthodoxy Builds a Cathedral
In 1887, Congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ) of New York City opened the doors of its monumental new synagogue on Eldridge Street, on New York's Lower East Side.
Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902
Jewish homemakers mobilized the women of the Lower East Side to protest the increasing meat prices.
Meyer London, a Jew in Congress
Meyer London, a Socialist Jew, was a politician who not only ran for Congress, but his economic proposals were advanced for his time, and they later were encompassed in Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal platform.