Lower East Side Community Hero Nominated by Lori Weissman / Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy    A true Urban Historian, with a voluminous knowledge of the area, Elissa earned her...

LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Joyce Mendelsohn is the author of The Lower East Side Remembered and Revisited: History and Guide to a Legendary Neighborhood. She is a granddaughter of...

LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Nominated by Susan LaRosa, Henry Street Settlement Ruth Taube is the Program Director of Home Planning Workshop at Henry Street Settlement. A Lower East Side native, Ruth...