{"title": "Between Crown and Congress: New York's Jews During the American Revolution - Liberty 250® Lecture", "start": "2026-11-02T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T19:30:00-05:00", "place": "Fraunces Tavern Museum", "address": "Pearl Street 54, 10004 New York", "price": "$10 (in person; Museum Members free; virtual only free)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/frauncestavernmuseum/items/756755/?full-items=yes", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/american-revolution", "religion/jewish"], "description": "A Liberty 250® lecture at Fraunces Tavern Museum titled \"Between Crown and Congress: New York's Jews During the American Revolution\", held in person and via Zoom. It is given by Zachary Edinger, Sexton (Shamash) of Congregation Shearith Israel, who cares for the congregation's historic collections. The talk explores how New York's small Jewish community experienced the American Revolution, how families were divided between Patriots and Loyalists, and how the synagogue continued under British occupation. It also examines how, after 1783, Shearith Israel reshaped its identity around republican ideals while keeping its Sephardic traditions, as Jews came to see themselves as equal participants in American civic life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/between-crown-and-congress-new-yorks-jews-during-the-america-52701/", "official_url": "https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calendar/2026/zachary-edinger-lecture", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6ac6d188b9dad50a870187f9126602d99f1193d5c81ed1ec7bfa09650868a024-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-02T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T19:30:00-05:00", "place": "Fraunces Tavern Museum", "address": "Pearl Street 54, 10004 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Spies Among Us: From the American Revolution to 1830s New York", "start": "2026-11-06T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T13:30:00-05:00", "place": "Mount Vernon Hotel Museum", "address": "East 61st Street 421, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spies-among-us-from-the-american-revolution-to-1830s-new-york-tickets-2001890882519", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/american-revolution"], "description": "A program at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden looking back at spies and spying in New York City from the American Revolution to the 1820s and 1830s. The museum's brand new program explores the spying and spying techniques of ordinary citizens, from George Washington's Culper Spies in the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 and early 19th-century reform movements like temperance and abolition, which set the stage for spies of the Civil War. It is followed by a tour of the Mount Vernon Hotel, where from 1826 to 1833 guests might have gossiped about spies of their day—or been spies themselves—while pursuing leisure activities in the then-tranquil countryside of Manhattan. The museum marks 250 years of American Independence and 200 years of the Mount Vernon Hotel with this look at a hidden facet of New York City history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/spies-among-us-from-the-american-revolution-to-1830s-new-yor-54013/", "official_url": "https://mvhm.org/event/spies-among-us-from-the-american-revolution-to-1830s-new-york/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Many Faiths, One City: An Interfaith Journey Through Colonial New York", "start": "2026-11-07T00:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T23:59:00-05:00", "place": "Saint Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church", "address": "Park Avenue 990, 10028", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "religion/interfaith"], "description": "An immersive interfaith walking tour through the streets of Lower Manhattan where New York's story began, exploring pirates, prophets, revolutionaries, refugees, traders, and forgotten visionaries. It follows the footsteps of Sephardic Jewish refugees who fought for the right to stay, Lutherans who challenged colonial authority, growing Anglican influence, and African Muslims who carried their faith across the Atlantic. It is organized by Peace Islands New York and Ignatian Interfaith Ministry and led by experienced guide Kevin McKeever. The tour takes place rain or shine, space is strictly limited, and the meeting address in Lower Manhattan is provided to registrants.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/many-faiths-one-city-an-interfaith-journey-through-colonial-55547/", "official_url": "https://ignatius.nyc/event/many-faiths-one-city-an-interfaith-journey-through-colonial-new-york/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Book Club Community Shabbat Luncheon with Dr. Shaina Trapedo", "start": "2026-10-31T11:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "place": "Congregation Sherith Israel", "address": "Central Park West, New York", "price": "Member adult: Early bird $48 | Regular $52; Non-member adult: Early bird $49 | Regular $54; Youth – ", "price_from": "28.00", "price_to": "54.00", "tickets_url": "https://shearithisrael.shulcloud.com/form/book-club-luncheon2026", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish", "literature"], "description": "A community Shabbat luncheon at Congregation Sherith Israel titled 'Between the Wars: Jewish Characters in 1920s & 1930s American Literature'. It is hosted by the congregation's Book Club and features insights and guided discussion by Professor Shaina Trapedo of Yeshiva University, following morning services. Book club members and non-members alike are welcome, with a list of 22 selected books offered for optional reading, including works by Anzia Yezierska, Willa Cather, and F. Scott Fitzgerald; Professor Trapedo is expected to give special attention to William Faulkner's 'Absalom, Absalom'. Dr. Trapedo directs honors programs at Stern College and Yeshiva College, teaches English at Stern College, and is a resident scholar at Yeshiva University's Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-club-community-shabbat-luncheon-with-dr-shaina-trapedo-52187/", "official_url": "https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/book-club-luncheon2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2bbd6bdb097f18cd75cc0c42cc797a0c9e37d00be793c3f83db677e2e8ff8445-1200.webp"}, {"title": "November Monthly Synagogue Tour", "start": "2026-11-11T17:45:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T18:30:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Sherith Israel", "address": "Central Park West, New York", "price": "Free; suggested donation of $5 per person", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["religion/jewish"], "description": "A free, guided synagogue tour on the second Wednesday of the month, generally lasting 45 minutes. It is led by Rev. Z. Edinger and is held prior to Evening Services. Individuals and groups are welcome to attend. A suggested donation of $5 per person applies; any amount is appreciated.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/november-monthly-synagogue-tour-52190/", "official_url": "https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/nov26-monthly-synagogue-tour/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Scholars-in-Residence: Professors Lynn & Alexander Kaye", "start": "2026-11-06T16:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Sherith Israel", "address": "Central Park West, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish"], "description": "A Scholars-in-Residence weekend at Congregation Shearith Israel, with teaching sessions throughout Shabbat: after the 4:30 pm Evening Services, after Morning Services, and a 4:25 pm Afternoon Class. The teachers are Professors Lynn and Alexander Kaye, both of Brandeis University. Dr. Lynn Kaye is Associate Professor of Rabbinic Literature and Thought and Rabbi Dr. Alexander Kaye directs the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Lynn Kaye earlier served the congregation as Director of Jewish Life and Learning and Assistant Congregational Leader between 2007 and 2011.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/scholars-in-residence-professors-lynn-alexander-kaye-52189/", "official_url": "https://www.shearithisrael.org/events/sir2026-nov/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5b890b4f85385ab184267e9519c733821b913576dea45e1df5d58abee873a84a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "“Black People and the Battle of Brooklyn” Exhibit", "start": "2026-07-01T12:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-15T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Lefferts Historic House", "address": "Flatbush Avenue 452, 11215 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/american-revolution"], "description": "“Black People and the Battle of Brooklyn” is a pop-up exhibit in the yard of Lefferts Historic House. Presented by Prospect Park Alliance, it explores the important and varied roles Black people played in the Battle of Brooklyn in August 1776, the first and largest battle of the American War for Independence. It shows how they served as soldiers and spies on both sides, built American forts, maintained British ships, and seized the conflict to better their lives. The exhibit also tells how the Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family and their neighbors navigated the war, including fighting at Battle Pass in what is now Prospect Park.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/black-people-and-the-battle-of-brooklyn-exhibit-53028/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "'Credit to the Nation': Eastern European Jewish Immigrants and American Banking", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "price": "", "price_from": "360.00", "price_to": "375.00", "tickets_url": "https://parkavesyn.tfaforms.net/5155404", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history"], "description": "A class at Park Avenue Synagogue exploring a lost chapter in New York, Jewish, and banking history: how Eastern European Jewish immigrants transformed American banking. Taught by Dr. Rebecca Kobrin, the Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University and author of 'Credit to the Nation: Eastern European Jewish Immigrant Bankers and the Shaping of American Finance, 1873–1930'. Beyond Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, it looks at how these immigrants financed the immigration, real estate, and banking systems that still power New York. It is part of a class series with sessions on October 20 and November 3 and 10, held on 87th Street and online.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/credit-to-the-nation-eastern-european-jewish-immigrants-and-79455/", "official_url": "https://pasyn.org/events/2026-27/adult-engagement/october/credit-to-the-nation-eastern-european-jewish-immigrants-and-american-banking/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ab149a2e1ad1c41a5ae9846d707c8242bf3d0e2df765ae90a198da6c2a45faa6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Gallery Tour: Identity, Culture, and Community: Stories from the Collection of the Jewish Museum and Pruzan Family Center for Learning", "start": "2026-11-02T12:15:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-02T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "The Jewish Museum", "address": "5th Avenue 1109, 10128 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://thejewishmuseum.org/program/110226-novdec-open-tours-identity-culture-and-community", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/art-collection", "history/jewish-history"], "description": "A 45-minute guided gallery tour through the newly reimagined Third Floor Galleries, meeting in the elevator lobby of Floor 3. The tour is led by the Jewish Museum's docents and explores 'Identity, Culture, and Community: Stories from the Collection of the Jewish Museum and Pruzan Family Center for Learning.' The exhibition features more than 200 works in a thematic and chronologically integrated presentation of the Museum's holdings. The tour is included with Museum Admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/gallery-tour-identity-culture-and-community-stories-from-the-75689/", "official_url": "https://thejewishmuseum.org/program/110226-novdec-open-tours-identity-culture-and-community/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98eb346b1520d8a508db17b02bf88ae17cb64701622cdf930a99a852b930bebf-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jewish Parenting with Rabbi Ain", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Sutton Place Synagogue", "address": "East 51st Street 225, 10022", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.spsnyc.org/events/poea54ie4k36g3lc6gq7p0twtvoeyf-st2tg-bp235-y4gse", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish", "society/parenting"], "description": "An in-person gathering for parents exploring how Jewish teachings can help raise children who are proud of and excited about their heritage. Rabbi Ain joins parents to talk about ways of increasing Jewish content and practice at home. The conversation focuses on approaches that fit a busy lifestyle.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/jewish-parenting-with-rabbi-ain-56250/", "official_url": "https://www.spsnyc.org/events/j6snf6x4jszrekwal4drwk63g73gw7-3pstf-4737s", "image": "https://noky.io/images/535d04b255e794ff2da615128e3740019c9b5b369a3a8accbb07a1f2d5e332da-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Lower East Side Food Tour", "start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 334, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://ops1.operations.daxko.com/Online/5384/ProgramsV2/Events.mvc/offering?guid=f7648d43-8b6b-11f1-99e9-005056921697", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "food-drink"], "description": "Lower East Side Food Tour is a guided walk through a New York neighborhood once a center of Jewish culture. The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan puts it on. Participants learn the history of the tenement buildings occupied by the poor and view historic synagogues. Along the way they nosh on delicacies from the best kosher-style delis and bakeries in the city.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/lower-east-side-food-tour-53815/", "official_url": "https://www.mmjccm.org/events/lower-east-side-food-tour-fall2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3d3a65e6a27a036804e137127919d681939df19f27ce42d30f1346aeef647f6c-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Torah Study with the Clergy", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T11:30:00-04:00", "place": "Congregation Rodeph Sholom", "address": "West 83rd Street 7, 10024 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/jewish/torah"], "description": "Torah Study with the Clergy is a half-hour study session exploring the week's Torah portion. Congregation Rodeph Sholom's clergy lead it together with fellow congregants, delving into layers of meaning in the sacred text and uncovering insights that resonate in modern lives. The session begins shortly after the ReSoul service, offering a seamless transition into deeper engagement with Jewish wisdom.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/torah-study-with-the-clergy-52186/", "official_url": "https://rodephsholom.org/event/torah-study-with-the-clergy/2026-10-31/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/030a8757d00f65238d545a1c404cc66733ddf4310998d0e23d8918284732b763-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Open Hours", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/american-revolution", "art"], "description": "Open Hours are the public visiting times of the Old Stone House, a historic house in Brooklyn where visitors can drop in without a reservation. The organizer is Old Stone House & Washington Park, which keeps the house open and welcomes all, with a suggested three-dollar donation at the door and no one turned away for lack of funds. Upstairs, the contemporary exhibition 'Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Land', curated by Jeremy Dennis, brings together new work by Indigenous artists Luanne Redeye, Ella Mahoney, Leonard Harmon and Dennis himself to examine the contradiction between the Declaration of Independence's promises and the dispossession of Native lands. On the ground floor, the permanent exhibit 'The Old Stone House: Witness to War' leads visitors through ten themed areas covering the journey from the Lenape village of Marechkawick through Dutch colonization and the Revolutionary War era in Brooklyn.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-hours-76987/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6500f42884a5b5d67183669b37bf6c23a15f15238db7e199bdb63def46ddfab7-600.webp"}, {"title": "Brooklyn Egal Minyan", "start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Beth Elohim", "address": "Garfield Place 274, 11215", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/jewish"], "description": "Brooklyn Egal Minyan is an egalitarian Jewish prayer service held at the CBE Chapel. Congregation Beth Elohim, Altshul, and the wider Brooklyn brownstone community offer these daily minyans for regular participants and for those mourning and saying kaddish. Newcomers to daily services are welcome, and leaders help everyone feel engaged. Participants can sign up in advance to help ensure there are 10 people, though walk-ins are also welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/brooklyn-egal-minyan-52147/", "official_url": "https://cbebk.org/calendar/brooklyn-egal-minyan-20/2026-10-27/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Tour the Building with a Docent, October (2-4 PM on the half hour)", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "The New York Society Library", "address": "East 79th Street 53, 10075", "price": "free of charge; drop in", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Escape the hustle and bustle of the city and step into history on a docent-led tour of the Library's landmark 1917 building, exploring the gallery and its architectural wonders. 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The tour is included with Museum Admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/gallery-tour-identity-culture-and-community-stories-from-the-75695/", "official_url": "https://thejewishmuseum.org/program/110926-novdec-open-tours-identity-culture-and-community/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98eb346b1520d8a508db17b02bf88ae17cb64701622cdf930a99a852b930bebf-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dialogue and Discourse: Jewish Patronage of the Wiener Werkstätte", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "The Jewish Museum", "address": "5th Avenue 1109, 10128 New York", "price": "$14 General; $10 Students, Seniors, and Jewish Museum members", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.thejm.org/events/01a03eef-72fd-ee1f-9443-d71d0f28d173", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/design", "history/jewish-history"], "description": "A talk at the Jewish Museum in its Scheuer Auditorium, part of the Dialogue and Discourse series and the Gertrude and David Fogelson Lecture. It is a conversation between Elana Shapira, a cultural and design historian and lecturer at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and Lisa Silverman, Professor of History and Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. They will discuss the role of Jewish women and patrons in supporting the growth and success of the Wiener Werkstätte from its founding in turn of the century Austria, in connection with the museum's special exhibition \"Modernity and Opulence: Women of the Wiener Werkstätte.\"", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/dialogue-and-discourse-jewish-patronage-of-the-wiener-werkst-56635/", "official_url": "https://thejewishmuseum.org/program/110526-wotww-panel/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9424d3c01c83eca8c3af4a614f169f71b1b8769571a475ffc28807983952ecd9-1200.webp"}]}