By Michele Hanash, AHA Director of Policy and Women’s Programs
More than one million Jews live in New York City. No community has done more to shape the city’s culture, commerce, intellectual life, and political identity than Jewish Americans.
Jewish immigrants and their descendants helped build modern New York. They transformed Broadway and American music through legends like George Gershwin and Irving Berlin. They built the garment industry that made New York a global fashion capital. They helped create modern comic book culture through figures like Stan Lee. Jewish delicatessens, bagels, and lox became woven into the cultural DNA of the city itself. Even the iconic “I ❤️ NY” logo was created by Milton Glaser, the son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants raised in the Bronx.
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