The Unity Club at the Crossroads: A Forgotten Chapter of Jewish Crown Heights
In-person program at 19–29 Rogers Avenue/Grant Square in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Admission is free; reservations are not required. Masks optional. This event will not be livestreamed. Presented by YNY in partnership with Assembly Member Brian Cunningham and the Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative.
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 it 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 Yiddish New York’s next generation of fiddlers.
New York Jewish Event Guide
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