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legalpretzel t1_jcud4v6 wrote

The west side historically has been home to most of the city’s Jewish population due to proximity to the synagogues. Growing up in the 80’s I went to school on the west side for several years and I was often the only kid in my class on Jewish holidays. And today I have several Jewish neighbors on my small street.

But based on my kid’s school population, the west side is now also home to a large number of Albanians.

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your_city_councilor t1_jcuj9tp wrote

The West Side became Jewish later on, though. Earlier, it was centered around Providence Street (lots of synagogues were there), and water street had tons of Jewish bakeries, delis, etc. The last one closed just a few years ago, but even through the 80s, Water Street had Widoff's, Liderman's, and some other places that were Jewish go-tos.

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