Mr. Sandler's Jewish History Class takes a Lower East Side Walking Tour

Mr. Sandler's Jewish History Class takes a Lower East Side Walking Tour

<div> <p><strong>Mr. Robert Sandler </strong>shares highlights from his class trip to the <strong>Bialystok synagogue</strong>, the <strong>Eldridge street synagogue </strong>(tour guide was a 1972 Stuy alum <strong>Bradley Shaw</strong>!) and the Greek <strong>Kehila Kadosha Janina</strong>. Students actually held Torah scrolls from 18<sup>th</sup> century Greece! </p> <p>They also learned about Jewish immigrant life and the sweat shops by studying the <strong>Levine &amp; Rogarshevsky</strong> families at the <strong>Tenement Museum</strong>. They ate pastrami sandwiches and egg creams at Katz’s deli, &amp; explored the famous Lower East Side’s past through architectural landmarks! <em>(photos courtesy of Mr. Sandler)</em></p> <p><em></em></p> </div>