Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative | BJHI
Welcome to BJHI or The Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative. The Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative maintains this website in order to, organize public programs and events, maintain records and archives both online and in their original state, create oral and video histories which will be accessible online, and make a range of resources available to the public. It’s a community project and we need your help to do it right! Share your stories, pictures, and memories of Jewish Life in Brooklyn here.
We Stand With Israel
2024 Brooklyn jewish torchbearers Award
Join Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative at the East Midwood Jewish Center on April 3, 2024 at 6 pm, as we present the 2024 Brooklyn Jewish Torchbearers Award Honoring Brooklyn Jewish organizations.
Brooklyn Hall of Fame 2023
Meet to inductees for BJHI Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame. Watch the video of the event!
Old Jewish Men
Whether it’s the price of lox or public toilets, one of the latest TikTok trends features old dudes kvetching for a cause. NY Post
Nissim Black
Enjoy an enlightening Brooklyn YouTube conversation that Rabbi YY Jacobson of Crown Heights with the amazing entertainer Nissim Black, who took lead in music video, Brooklyn , that BJHI supported and co-produced.
Tour Bklyn Heights
Judith Greenwald , a BJHI Speaker, provides a guided tour of Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill.
We're Brooklyn Book
In order to find out about her family’s Brooklyn roots, Rebecca and her little brother Seth explore the borough with their grandma Sophia. This new book by Cecilia Margules, is in collaboration with BJHI!
Purim
Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative shares Purim in Brooklyn, a video that tells the story of how Brooklyn Jews celebrate Purim.
Nissim Black
BJHI asked for it, we got it! An upbeat rap ballad sung by internationally famous Chassidic African-American Nissim Black for and about Brooklyn's Jewish community. We call it "We're Brooklyn".
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BJHI Media Center
Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame
“BJHI was created to tell the extraordinary story of the Jewish community of Brooklyn, and the BJHI Brooklyn Jewish Hall of Fame recognizes the leading Brooklynites who have truly made a difference in the world, and there are many. You will note that we have a representative balance, from the Russian community, the Syrian community, the Chassidic community and so forth, as well as business leaders, social activists and entertainers.”
Discover Brooklyn with us
Brooklyn is the most dynamic center of Judaism outside of Israel.
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tours, bicycling tours and bus/ van tours
tours, bicycling tours and bus/ van tours
The Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative is now offering tours – walking tours, bicycling tours and bus/van tours – that cover various aspects of Jewish life in Brooklyn, past and present. Those who join our BJHI Tours will see up close the cultural, historical and artistic facets of Jewish Brooklyn, offering opportunities to learn in an informal manner, Our tour guides are experts, just see their bios below, so you can be sure of a wonderful experience. And to paraphrase an old TV ad, you don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy our tours.