New York Jewish Tours
Moshe D. Sherman
Moshe D. Sherman is Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Touro College. He has served as a professor of Modern Jewish History for more than thirty years, with an emphasis on the American Jewish experience.
Welcome to New York City, with the world’s largest Jewish community outside of Israel! Jews first arrived in the lower Manhattan section of New York in 1654. Since that time, successive waves of immigration, particularly during the 19th and early 20th centuries, brought more than a million immigrants to New York. Following World War II, hundreds of thousands of additional immigrants arrived, including Holocaust survivors, Hungarian Jewish refugees in 1956, Iranian Jews after the fall of the Shah, and Jews from the former Soviet Union. No surprise that New York City has hundreds of historic landmarks, synagogues, Yiddish theaters and more.
New York Jewish Tours are designed to help tourists and all those who are interested in exploring the rich and exciting sites of New York’s Jewish past and present.
New York Jewish Tours are customized to meet your specific needs. Whether you are a few people or a large group, looking for a short walking trip, or touring the city for longer, we will work with you to best accommodate your interests and circumstances.