Center for Jewish History

The center organizes its own exhibits and cultural programs and is also home to five significant cultural institutions: the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

http://www.cjh.org
Makor

Venue for Jewish and world music, Jewish film, readings, and other cultural happenings; currently in the process of relocating to Tribeca.

http://www.92y.org/shop/category.asp?category=Programs888Makor888
Sephardic House

Promotes the spiritual, historical, cultural and social traditions of Sephardic Jews from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkans, to the Jews of North Africa and Muslim lands including Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Ethiopia, and Bukharian Jews. Concerts, exhibits, film screenings, and more.

http://www.americansephardifederation.org
The Jewish Museum

Located at Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, a venue for thoughtfully curated exhibits on Jewish history and Jewish art.

http://www.jewishmuseum.org/
Tonic

Okay, Tonic had to shut its doors due to rising real estate prices on the Lower East Side, but we miss this intimate music venue, once located in a former kosher wine factory, so much that we just couldn't bear to delete it from our listings.

http://tonicnyc.com/index.cfm?idPage=3
Tzadik

A record label founded by John Zorn that emphasizes contemporary musician-composers doing experimental music; its Radical Jewish Culture series is dedicated to exploring the future of Jewish music.

http://www.tzadik.com
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Founded in 1925 in Vilna, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the history and culture of Ashkenazi Jewry. YIVO is the world's preeminent resource center for East European Jewish Studies and Yiddish language, literature and folklore.

http://www.yivoinstitute.org