November 27, 2007
New Jewish heritage map: finding Sarah Jessica, NYU
"Jewish New York: A History & Heritage Map" made its debut Monday, plotting out the locations for everything from Temple Emanu-El and the Yiddish Theater Walk of Fame to NYU ("home of 6,500 Jewish undergraduates") and locations associated with Sarah Jessica Parker, the Marx Brothers, Simon & Garfunkel and Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
Brooklyn represents with the likes of Woody Allen (1144 E. 15th Street,) Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, (1584 E. 9th Street,) and the boardwalk between Coney Island and Brighton Beach.
"Ashkenazi or Sephardic, Reform or Conservative, Orthodox or Chassidic, New York City has the largest Jewish population in the world outside of Israel and the largest Jewish population in the city is right here in Brooklyn," Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said at the ceremony celebrating the map's release.
The map is on sale for $6.95 at the Brooklyn Tourism and Visitors Center at Borough Hall, through the New York Board of Rabbis, and eventually, online at www.jhhnymap.org. The pocket-sized map came together with the help of the New York Board of Rabbis, Jewish New York History & Heritage Project and grants from the City of New York.
Related: Jewish Tours of New York and Hassidic walking tours
Photo credit: Kathryn Kirk, Brooklyn Borough President's Office. Picture provided to NewYorkology by Brooklyn Borough President's Office.
Earlier: Jewish Museum now free on Saturdays
Jewish Children's Museum opens in Brooklyn
November 27, 2007 01:16 PM in Downtown, History, Maps, Midtown, Out of Manhattan, Upper East Side, Upper West Side
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