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EST 1917

Lower East Side

You’ve probably never heard of the late Samuel E. Goldfarb, but chances are good that you’ve heard the music he’s written. In fact, you probably know one of his songs by heart: the Hannukah-season staple “I Have a Little Dreidel.” Goldfarb came of age at the turn of the century in a Lower East Side […]

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A snapshot of turn-of-the-century Lower East Side reveals Jewish greenhorns peddling, hawking, and bargaining in Yiddish. There are meat and fish carts, vegetables, tailors, artists, and theater-troupes. And, of course, there are bagels. In the early 20th century, there were so many bagel makers, in fact, that a trade union local needed to be established […]

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