The Charlotte Jewish News - November 2007 - Page 19
The Jewish Traveler
New York City - Lower East Side
New Travel Club at LJCC
By Maxine Silverstein
One recent weekend brought
me to New York City for a
cousin’s wedding. Usually we stay
somewhere close to Fifth Avenue,
but this time we decided to try a
new part of the city and stayed in
Soho. This fabulous area is boom
ing with great galleries, wonderful
shopping, world-class restaurants
and is within walking distance of
the Lower East Side. As a child
living in Brooklyn, my family
made lots of trips here to the
Fulton Street Fish Market and to
Ramer’s Restaurant for great dairy
food. Times have, changed, and
some of my favorite places have
closed, but there are still great
things to do and see. Home to a
mix of the historic and the hip,
New York’s Lower East Side is
where classic family-owned shops
sit beside cutting-edge designs
and culinary delights. From leg
endary bargains to home decorat
ing and leather goods, from vin
tage and high-end fashion to
nightlife and exotic foods, the
Lower East Side has something
for everyone.
For generations of immigrants,
the Lower East side is where it all
began. For a new generation of
emerging artists and innovative
merchants, the LES is where it’s
beginning ... again. Historically
characterized by tenements and
pushcarts, Orchard Street gained
its flavor more than 200 years ago,
where families squeezed into the
tall, cramped buildings that filled
lower Manhattan. Industrious
immigrants became the Lower
East Side’s first business owners
as they hit the streets, selling their
wares from potato sacks to the
thousands of local shoppers.
Successful business owners
expanded their inventory, pur
chased pushcarts, and eventually
storefronts, making Orchard Street
one of the busiest commercial dis
tricts in the world;
Start off with a Tenement
Museum tour. This museum,
located on Orchard Street, recre
ates life in the tenements in its
restored building with apartments
typical of the turn of the century.
The museum also offers exciting
tours, dramas, art installations.
The Tenement Museum on Orchard Street.
children’s programs, exhibitions
and more. Tours are available
between 11 AM and 5:30 PM.
Inside the Tenement' Museum,
visitors can view restored apart
ments of past residents from dif
ferent time periods. This museum
is a National Historic Landmark
and a National Trust Historic Site.
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neighborhood landscape.
We found this tour to be
amazing and very educa
tional.
Save some time for
delicious food as the
Jewish treats are fabu
lous. Katz’s Delicatessen
at 205 E. Houston Street
is wonderful. You can
step back in time in the
city’s oldest and largest
deli, where the pastrami
and hot dogs have been
voted the best in the
United States. Opened in
1888, Katz’s is an institu
tion. It’s forever remembered for
the oh-so-famous “When Harry
Met Sally” scene. It’s towering
sandwiches, great chopped liver,
potato latkes and egg creams are
guaranteed to stuff you.
Located right down the street is
Yonah Schimmel Knishery full of
amazing knishes of all different
flavors. They even had pumpkin
knishes available for the fall sea
son. We also went to Guss’ Pickles
at 85 Orchard Street. The inspira
tion behind one of the lead charac
ters from the movie “Crossing
Delancey,” legendary Izzy Guss
opened Guss’ Pickles in 1920. The
pickling tradition continues and
pickles, peppers, olives and sauer
kraut from a barrel are sold and
shipped nationwide.
The Lower East Side is a
delightful destination into the past
grandeur of this wonderful city
and not to be missed. I’m so glad
that we took this journey into the
past and had such fun doing it.
The Levine Jewish Community
Center is pleased to announce a
new Travel Club benefit to its
members. In connection with
Mann Travels, two exciting trips
are planned for members in early
2008.
Historic Charleston is an excit
ing weekend getaway that’s close
to home. Travel January 25-28,
2008, and enjoy two . nights
accommodations at the Hampton
Inn Historic District, daily break
fast at the hotel, a private tour of
Charleston’s Temple^ Kahal
Kadosh Beth Elohim and tickets
for a horse-drawn carriage tour of
the Historic District for only
$209.00 per person, double occu
pancy or $ 119.00 per person, quad
occupancy, so take the kids.
Payment is due by December 1 to
reserve your room.
Pamper, refresh and renew
yourself at the famed Canyon
Ranch in Lenox, MA. Travel
March 9-12, 2008 for three nights
of luxury in the Berkshires.
Package includes deluxe accom
modations, roundtrip airport trans
fers, three gourmet balanced
meals daily, guided hikes and
daily fitness classes, a Personal
Program Advisor and more.
Airfare is additional. Our special
Levine Jewish Community Center
Group Package cost is $1,399.00
per person, double occupancy.
First deposit of $500.00 per per
son is due prior to January 3,2008
to reserve your place, so grab a
workout friend and join us.
For further exciting informa
tion on any of the Travel Club
trips, or to request a reservation
form, please contact Jodi
Valenstein at the Levine JCC 704
944-6730 or jodi.valenstein@
charlottejcc.org.
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Maxine is ready to enjoy the food at
Katz's Deli.
It’s amazing to discover how
immigrants weathered hard times
at the beginning and end of 97
Orchard Street’s life as a residence
from 1863 to 1935. At the end of
our visit we did a Lower East Side
walking tour of a dozen sites
important to immigrants past and
present, including synagogues,
schools and storefronts. We dis
covered how different waves of
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