by Jeff Simmons | Jun 10, 2020 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Museums, Music, News, Theater
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, where 13,000 Jews died fighting Nazi oppression – in April and May 1943, it was the largest single act of resistance during the Holocaust. The Uprising was the inspiration for “Zog nit keyn mol” (Yiddish: “Never Say”), known as the...
by Alice Teeple | Mar 25, 2020 | Culture, Education, Featured, Museums, News, NYC
Please consider supporting the Tenement Museum. The Lower East Side is in danger of losing a very important piece of history. The Tenement Museum has called for some financial assistance during the COVID-19 crisis. The Tenement Museum tells the true stories of...
by Dan Metz | Feb 6, 2020 | Art, Culture, Featured
If humans had to make every decision from scratch, nothing would get done. So our brains take shortcuts–they build models based on past experience to help us make important decisions and impressions as fast as possible: tigers bad, fire hurts, Philadelphia...
by Downtown Magazine | Aug 15, 2019 | NYC, Travel
When visiting the USA, finding the perfect location is something that can take time, but with a number of amazing locations in New York City, you will want to grab your ESTA and hop on the next flight to the states. In this article, we will be giving you a list of 6...
by Downtown Magazine | May 2, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Museums
Next week, the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust will open the most comprehensive Holocaust exhibition about Auschwitz ever exhibited in North America. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. is produced in partnership with the...
