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The Lower East Side Conservancy is an educational organization established in 1998. Our mission is to celebrate, preserve & share the Jewish heritage of the Lower East side, Harlem, Brooklyn & soon Philadelphia. We accomplish our mission by creating & giving tours of these living and vital communities. Our tours are designed to showcase landmarks, history & people and to inspire visitors of all ages and faiths. Each of our tour guides has been certified by published historians. Join us for one of our 90 minute set tours or call and design your own tour! We will gladly arrange private customized tours for all kinds of groups - families, synagogues, schools, Religious, or women's organizations. Learn where your great grandparents may have lived, walk on historic streets, enter sacred sites, and get a sense of how people actually lived back then. Celebrate NYC history with the LESJC!
Great Tour
by Jrivera
I recently went on a tour with the conservancy and I must say it was great. The guide really knew her history. I grew up on the LES and learned things about the LES that I never knew before. I highly recommend this tour.
Pros: interesting
Posted 09/14/09
Best tour group in NYC!
by Bridgetann
The people who run The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy are amazing! I recently went on one of their fascinating tours and I cannot remember the last time I learned so much. Every staff member is friendly intelligent and helpful. My experience was one I will not soon forget. They are simply the best! I want try all of their tours!!!
Pros: Interesting tours amazing staff!!!
Posted 08/03/09
Extremely Enthusiastic Guide
by gabriellemichelle
We walked around the Loewr East Side, luckily it was a beautiful day, and we visited all the synagogues and sights. The Bialystoker shul took my breath away and all the art that was present was brought to life through the stories of our guide, Laurie, who was extremely knowledgable and just expressed such great love for this tour and the history it encompasses. We learned marvelous things about astrology and Judaism, I would totally recommend it.
Posted 03/22/05
Great Tour!
by barbarakats
The tour was great, we got to go into all the shuls on the Lower East Side that are absolutely beautiful, even more so than many of the synagogues I have seen in Easter Europe. The guide really knew her stuff, and I was so surprised with many of the facts that I learned. If you want to do a tour of the Lower East Side, I would definitely say to do this one, just pick a day with nice weather.
Posted 03/22/05
FantasticOn recent tour
by mparnass
On a recent tour with the lower east side conservancy I was truly surprised and fascinated by the tour guides description and explanation of this historical neighborhood.As a native New Yorker who has visited the east side countless times I was not fully aware of how this area was a home or a "stopover" for so many people of different backgrounds and cultures.The history of the immigrant Jews upon their arrival on our shores and there building a community,businesses and the religious institutions that were created is just remarkable.I recommend that anyone interested in some NY history take this most interesting and informative tour.
Posted 03/22/05
