Jewish Village
Greenwich Village, Soho and the West Village offer access to a broad range of resources for its thriving Jewish community. Below are some examples.
- Chabad on Washington Square
- An active center supporting Jewish life downtown.
27 Washington Square North
New York, NY 10011
(212) 674-1950 - Center for Jewish History
- An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the Center for Jesish History is one of the great public Jewish historical and cultural institutions in the world. Opened to the public in October 2000 as the campus to its five partner organizations - American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS), American Sephardi Foundation (ASF), Leo Baeck Institute (LBI), Yeshiva University Museum (YUM), and YIVO Institute for Reqish Research (YIVO) - the Center has achieved recognition as a venue of unrivaled histoircal documentation and scholarship, imaginative exhibitions of Judaic art and artifacts, and vital public dialogue. The collections of its partners total more than 500,000 volumes and 100 million archival documents, and include thousands of pieces of artwork, textiles and ritual objects, as well as music, films, and photographs. They comprise, taken together, the largest repository of modern Jewish experience outside of Israel.
15 West 16th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
New York, NY 10011 - Angel Orensanz Foundation Inc
- A center for the arts hosting regular musical and cultural events, housed in a synagogue built in 1849.
172 Norfolk St, New York, NY
(212) 529-7194 - Ashkara
- Kosher Middle Eastern cuisine.
189 East Houston Street
Between Orchard Street and Ludlow Street - NYU Kosher Cafeteria
- 5-11 University Place
Between Waverly Street & East 8th Street
