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The Unity Club at the Crossroads: A Forgotten Chapter of Crown Heights History
December 28, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Free Admission!
The Unity Club is a name with some swagger. Beginning in 1914, this upscale Jewish club met here at 19-29 Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights to plan ambitious efforts to transform Brooklyn. By 1944, the club moved to Park Slope and another transformative movement took residence: the first Chabad yeshiva in the USA. This program led by local community history maven Raul Rothblatt will probe the building’s surprising & diverse history:
19-29 Rogers Avenue is situated on a Native American trail and a likely African burial ground, and was the site of a young Al Sharpton’s first sermon. The future may likely bring a new Jewish institution to the building. Our discussion concludes with a performance by an ensemble of young Brooklyn fiddlers.
Admission is free, reservation not required. Masks optional. Presented in partnership with Assemblyman Brian Cunningham and Yiddish New York.