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Building on Jewish History – Jarmulowsky’s Bank

Building on Jewish History – Jarmulowsky’s Bank

A couple of doors down from the Forward Building (and notably two stories taller) stands Jarmulowsky’s Bank. Sender Jarmulowsky immigrated to America from Russia, and by 1873 he had set up his bank on the Lower East Side. In addition to the Jarmulowsky Bank Building, he was also instrumental in the construction of the Eldridge Street…

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Not Just a Bundle of Letters

Not Just a Bundle of Letters

Dear Mr. Editor,

I have been in the country only two months, and I find myself in such terrible circumstances that I need your advice.

So begin many of the letters submitted to the Bintel Brief. In 1897, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward, a Yiddish newspaper based on the Lower East Side of New York…

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The Nutmeggers: The Jewish Community of Connecticut, Part 2 – The Towns and Cities

The Nutmeggers: The Jewish Community of Connecticut, Part 2 – The Towns and Cities

Hartford

Hartford is home to the first and largest Jewish community in the state of Connecticut. The earliest mention of a Jew in the state was David the Jew, of Hartford, who was fined 20 shillings for illegal trading in 1659.

Afterwards, there were scattered references to the…

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