The Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side, which honors our nation’s immigrant past in groundbreaking ways, is facing a financial crisis in light of the Covid-19 outbreak. Since closing their doors ...

The museum consists of period immigrant apartments from more than a century ago — conditions that would make social distancing impossible. (JTA) — The Tenement Museum, which tells the stories of ...

If you’re an American Jew, there’s a pretty good chance that somewhere, somehow, someone in your family made dinner on the Lower East Side. Though the area has been home to a countless nationalities ...

The Tenement Museum in Manhattan’s Lower East Side kicked off a “Lived Religion” series on Sept. 22 by immersing visitors into the High Holidays celebrations and shared apartments of 20th-century ...

Around the turn of the 20th century, thousands of Eastern European Jews immigrated to the United States and settled on the Lower East Side. Many moved into tenement buildings and took up employment at ...

(JTA) — The Tenement Museum, which tells the stories of Jewish and other immigrants who lived on New York City’s Lower East Side, announced that it is laying off its tour guides and other part-time ...

(RNS) — The series aims to help visitors understand religious traditions and holidays as practiced by 19th- and 20th-century immigrants. NEW YORK (RNS) — The Tenement Museum in Manhattan’s Lower East ...