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Yid On A Trip - Long Beach
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Long Beach Series | Intro | See The Good Campaign | A hundred years ago, Jews weren't allowed to buy property in Long Beach. Today, it's home to one of the strongest Jewish communities on Long Island. After restrictive housing policies disappeared, Jewish families helped transform the city into a vibrant center of Jewish life. Even after challenges like Hurricane Sandy, the community continued to rebuild with incredible resilience and emunah. Join us as we explore the people, places, and stories that helped shape the Long Beach Jewish community into what it is today.
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100 years ago, Jews could not buy
property here in Long Beach. By the
1940s, about 80% of the population here
was Jewish. The Jewish story of Long
Beach is one you do not want to miss.
There was a real estate tycoon, William
Reynolds, who was responsible for
[music] building very, very famous
Brooklyn neighborhoods like Bed-Stuy and
Borough Park and Coney Island. However,
he was a racist, which means nobody
could really buy here except if you were
white. In 1918, he went bankrupt, and
that's when that law fell apart. The
story we're about to cover this week is
about Jewish perseverance and success.
Even though it's a small little beach
town here, the philosophy, the
mentality, the emunah v'bitachon that
the Jews had here is a model for Jews
all around the world. Whether it's
facing darkness in the early 1900s
[music] or it's getting back up after
Sandy, the Jewish community here serves
as a reminder of who we truly are. This
week, we're going to be showing you Lido
Beach Synagogue, the Bach Synagogue,
Glatt Mart, and a kosher bakery, and
many more incredible institutions and
landmarks that'll help us uncover the
story of how Jews thrived here in Long
Beach.