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The Tourist’s Guide TO
LOST YIDDISH NEW YORK CIty
...he has a knack for endowing the ephemeral with longevity by treating each ticket, advertisement, poster, theater program, menu, photograph, or recording as a piece of a puzzle of a lost Yiddish New York that only he could envision. The result is a deeply researched, engaging, and richly illustrated account of a world lost and found. A fascinating book and must read!"
​Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
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Ronald S. Lauder Chief Curator of the Core Exhibition at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and University Professor Emerita at New York University
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​"Amusingly idiosyncratic..."
It’s here, amidst the unknown of today, that Sapoznik is in his element. Drawing energetically on the digital bounty of the Yiddish press, canvassing thousands of advertisements, he does for place what he’s done for klezmer music and Yiddish radio: endow it with presence and weight."
Jenna Weisman Joselit
Jewish Review of Books, January 27, 2026
AUDIOBOOK BY THE AUTHOR
The Tourist’s Guide TO
LOST YIDDISH NEW YORK CIty
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Based on the research for my book, The Tourist’s Guide to Yiddish New York City
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An Audiobook read by me (with a lot of cool music!) is also available.
For each location that appears in the book, the corresponding page numbers are included. Numbers in parentheses correspond to the image in the entry.
Thanks to film/photo historian Rich Remsberg for the idea and to beta testers Gedalye Brier, Scott Eckers, Jeff Feinberg, and Andy Lanset.
Building photos are from the NYC Department of Records and Information Services
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The map is an ongoing, evolving project and seeks user input. For additions, corrections, omissions, or comments, please contact me.