{"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", "dates": [{"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", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T20:30:00-05:00", "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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. 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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"}, {"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": "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": "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": "A Closer Look Art History Seminar", "start": "2026-11-09T11:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T12:45:00-05:00", "place": "The Jewish Museum", "address": "5th Avenue 1109, 10128 New York", "price": "$28 General; $22 Jewish Museum members, students, and seniors; includes Museum admission", "price_from": "28.00", "price_to": "28.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.thejm.org/events/046c7003-0027-7f77-d76d-1907f605b566", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/art-history"], "description": "A Closer Look Art History Seminar is a class tied to the exhibition Modernity and Opulence: Women of the Wiener Werkstätte, held in the Wilf Family Salon. It is taught by Libby Kandel, Public Programs Coordinator. The class explores how historic forms of education and art historical classification relegated craft as a labor form for women, then looks at parallels between emergent feminist movements in Vienna and New York.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/a-closer-look-art-history-seminar-75694/", "official_url": "https://thejewishmuseum.org/program/110926/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/59eed08f0ab3bc61bd66b94d36a1b9446b50b40d2368b2af78d1a03305cc5132-1200.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": "November 6th: Planning Opportunities in Troubled Times", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "National Council of Jewish Women New York", "address": "West 72nd Street 241, 10013 New York", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E84344&id=274", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/law"], "description": "A free workshop on estate planning led by attorney Barbara H. Cane, Esq. of Cane, Boniface & Eisen, PC. It covers the basics of planning for loved ones, tax considerations, how current laws affect plans, and realizing philanthropic goals, with a Q&A and light refreshments. Hosted by NCJW NY at Council House, with no charge and no obligation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/november-6th-planning-opportunities-in-troubled-times-54085/", "official_url": "https://ncjwny.org/event/planned-giving/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e5610917f5688d1d09eb5ebce8767692b64a78adfa0c01aa4b5a8b481e5da02a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Teens: Food Pantry Packing", "start": "2026-11-04T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T18:00:00-05:00", "place": "Park Avenue Synagogue", "address": "East 87th Street 50, 10128", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/jewish", "society/food-bank"], "description": "Teens: Food Pantry Packing is a drop-in program where teenagers pack food. It is almost entirely teen-led and takes place at Park Avenue Synagogue on 87th Street. Each Wednesday, participants pack food and share a teaching about tikkun olam.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/teens-food-pantry-packing-79456/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/64fdcb66ee63184970561c682a0b997d9adb75785031adc5188f7ba6c822e7f5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Performance: Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra presents Kedusha", "start": "2026-11-12T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T15:30:00-05:00", "place": "The Jewish Museum", "address": "5th Avenue 1109, 10128 New York", "price": "$36 General; $30 Students, Seniors, and Jewish Museum Members", "price_from": "36.00", "price_to": "36.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.thejm.org/events/85de8b66-d8ee-edfb-7689-3cd72462a01d", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/baroque", "religion/jewish"], "description": "A concert evening with the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra presenting Kedusha, music of 17th and 18th-century Jewish communities across Europe, performed on historical instruments in the Scheuer Auditorium. The orchestra was founded in 1989 by harpsichordist Professor David Shemer and specializes in Early Music played with historically informed practices. The program features Baroque compositions from Holland and Italy that once resonated in synagogues, including recently discovered music by anonymous Jewish composers, cantors, and non-Jews for synagogue use, alongside the United States premiere of two contemporary works by Jaap Nico Hamburger and Alon Schab. It is presented alongside the exhibition Sacred Splendor: Jewish Ritual Art and Christian Treasures from St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/performance-jerusalem-baroque-orchestra-presents-kedusha-75698/", "official_url": "https://thejewishmuseum.org/program/110126-jerusalem-baroque-orchestra/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Torah & Taverna Night", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum", "address": "Broome Street 280, 10002 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "music/folk", "religion/jewish"], "description": "Torah & Taverna Night is a monthly salon of Greek Jewish culture, thought, and music, held at Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum on Broome Street. The evening pairs a talk by a guest Jewish educator with live music, Greek food, and more. This month, scholar Katherine Booska, a PhD candidate in Jewish history at Stanford University, leads a discussion on Jewish history and memory drawn from Zakhor, exploring family, spirituality, community, and the writing of Jewish history. Afterwards, Rodini Rose and Friends perform melodies from across Greece and the Mediterranean; Rodini is a Cypriot-American vocalist and violinist weaving together Greek folk, Spanish, Neo Kyma, Turkish, and Ladino traditions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/torah-taverna-night-53364/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/023bd1bd5010ab53ac39695148bd1bea4fcba26e942e47ea9a58506441eed0c8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Israeli Dance", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Brooklyn Heights Synagogue", "address": "Remsen Street 131, 11201 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["dance/folk-dance/israeli-folk-dance"], "description": "Israeli Dance is a dance class learning basic classic and modern Israeli dances through mindful movement. It is taught by dance instructor Elaine Sohn, who has led the Brooklyn Heights International Folk Dance group for more than thirty years, together with Leslie Schwartz. No prior experience or partners are necessary.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/israeli-dance-51641/", "official_url": "https://www.bhsbrooklyn.org/bhs-events/israeli-dancing", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0144085d40e71a7683b60f36d8f3b01cde5cbfc871f68b35b7f85bcaab6a22e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Challah-verse Ambassadors: Jewish Community, Braided Together", "start": "2026-11-05T17:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T19:00:00-05:00", "place": "Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan", "address": "Amsterdam Avenue 334, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://operations.daxko.com/programs/redirector.aspx?cid=5384&pid=36469&sid=536357", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "food-drink/baking", "religion/jewish"], "description": "The Challah-verse Ambassadors: Jewish Community, Braided Together is a volunteering session in which participants bake and deliver challah to homebound seniors, local firehouses, police precincts, and shelters. Challah Ambassadors deliver freshly baked loaves with a note of blessing each Friday before Shabbat, within a 20-block radius of the JCC on the Upper West Side. The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan is behind the event, which invites people to move from consuming Jewish life online to active, visible participation through simple gestures that build community. The drop-offs can be done solo or with a buddy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-challah-verse-ambassadors-jewish-community-braided-toget-53817/", "official_url": "https://www.mmjccm.org/events/the-challah-verse-ambassadors-jewish-community-braided-together", "image": ""}, {"title": "Hevruta Club 2026-27 | Israeli Hug Center at Rodeph Sholom", "start": "2026-11-05T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Rodeph Sholom", "address": "West 83rd Street 7, 10024 New York", "price": "$10 per month / $100 annual membership", "price_from": "100.00", "price_to": "100.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["community"], "description": "Hevruta Club 2026-27 is a series of meetings for Hebrew-speaking adults aged 60 plus, held at the Israeli Hug Center at Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the Upper West Side. It is a group for adults seeking community and a meeting place for Israelis living in the city, offering a chance to get acquainted, talk, share, consult, exchange experiences and spend quality time together. It meets every Thursday from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Participation and membership cost $10 per month, paid as a single annual payment of $100 for the 2026-27 activity year, with scholarships available if needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/hevruta-club-2026-27-israeli-hug-center-at-rodeph-sholom-52180/", "official_url": "https://rodephsholom.org/event/hevruta-club-2026-27-israeli-hug-center-at-rodeph-sholom/2026-10-29/", "image": ""}, {"title": "READ HEBREW IN ONE DAY!", "start": "2026-11-01T10:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "Congregation Ezrath Israel", "address": "West 47th Street 339, 10036 New York", "price": "Free of charge", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/jewish"], "description": "READ HEBREW IN ONE DAY! is a free two-hour class in which participants learn to read Hebrew. It takes place at Congregation Ezrath Israel, a synagogue on West 47th Street in Manhattan, and is offered in conjunction with NJOP. Pre-registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/read-hebrew-in-one-day-52161/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}