New York City's most luxurious department store carries the world's top designer collections including many Latin designers. It is famous for the quality of its service. This is Bergdorf's women's store. Bergdorf's is also famous for the artistry of its holiday windows which are generally considered to be the most artistic in New York City. Bergdorf Goodman is NYC's most … [Read more...] about Bergdorf Goodman
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Shearith Israel is the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, is America's first Jewish congregation. Twenty-three Sephardic Jews (Spanish & Portuguese) fleeing the Spanish Inquisition in Recife, Brazil arrived in New Amsterdam (now New York) in September 1654. They were not welcomed, but stood up for the right to live here. They won permission and thereby made New York an open … [Read more...] about Shearith Israel is the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
Cornell Tech is New York City’s technology incubator
Cornell Tech is an engineering graduate school on Roosevelt Island. It is a technology incubator associated with the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Cornell Tech is an Economic Development Initiative https://youtu.be/GLc8sOd0u8U Mayor Bloomberg noted that the success of Silicon Valley in California is fueled by talent from local universities like Stanford, … [Read more...] about Cornell Tech is New York City’s technology incubator
Temple Emanu-El
Temple Emanu-El, in Manhattan's Upper East Side, was Manhattan's first Reform Jewish congregation. "Emanu-El" means "God is with us" in Hebrew. Temple Emanu-El Grew with New York City The congregation was founded by a small group of German Jews in the Lower East Side in 1845. Like other New Yorkers, the congregation kept growing and moving uptown. It moved to its present … [Read more...] about Temple Emanu-El