Looking back at Harlem's history as a major Jewish enclave

… Gurock now the Libby M Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University wrote When Harlem was Jewish a … lived in Harlem in the 1920s an additional 175000 moved in How the two groups got along is a complicated story There is … play and stay to pray Ohab Zedek is now the Harlem Baptist Temple Church and the Institutional Synagogue is now the …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 25, 2017 - 8:59AM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… set out to attract solid middleclass families to purchase homes in Flatbush explains Andrew Scott Dolkart professor of … in the city Slight hyperbole yes but it was true that prospective residents would have a fairly quick and … called Parkline built just behind Chester Court went on the market last summer Of the 254 units there are only 13 left …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM