Did you know that there is still a ​“Shtiebel Row” on the Low­er East Side of New York City? It is a sec­tion of East Broad­way that is a ves­tige of the height of the Jew­ish pres­ence on the Low­er East Side, when there were hun­dreds of syn­a­gogues. In fact, there are still shtiebels with dav­en­ers oper­at­ing on East Broadway.

This infor­ma­tion and many more intrigu­ing facts are lov­ing­ly delin­eat­ed in Paul Kaplan’s Jew­ish New York: A His­to­ry and Guide to Neigh­bor­hoods, Syn­a­gogues, and Eater­ies. The book is a delight­ful, handy guide that pro­vides the sea­soned New York­er and vis­i­tors alike with a wealth of infor­ma­tion. It is filled with intrigu­ing infor­ma­tion about muse­ums, ceme­ter­ies, archives, his­toric syn­a­gogues, eater­ies, and many oth­er places of Jew­ish inter­est. It is a joy to read and like­ly to inspire you to take one of Paul Kaplan’s fas­ci­nat­ing tours described at the end of the book.

Archival pho­tos, index, notes, ref­er­ences, sug­gest­ed tour routes.