The Rogarshevsky Family Virtual Tour with the New York Tenement Museum

Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024

Time: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Location: This is a virtual event. The connection link will be provided after you register.,

Join us for a 60-minute interactive virtual visit to the Tenement Museum, with a live Tenement Museum Educator. We’ll take you inside 97 Orchard Street and through the history of a family who lived there. You’ll learn about daily life in the past, see the recreated historic spaces, interact with primary sources, and get to ask questions about the history. By 1911, the Lower East Side had become both the most densely populated area in the country and the largest Jewish city in the world. Explore the story of the Rogarshevskys, a Jewish American family from Lithuania who lived at 97 Orchard Street in the 1910s. The family earned a living in the garment industry. This program explores how Fannie and Abraham Rogarshevsky and their six children made their way through a turbulent decade while balancing work, family, and their religious faith.