Shabbat

Fri 1 Apr, 6:30-8:30 pm. 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th St., between 1st & 2nd Ave., New York, 10001. Amy Stein, 212-213-1002. The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - [website][email][events]

Shabbat Service and Cultural Program at 7:30pm followed by Pot-Luck Dessert Commemoration OF THE Triangle Shirtwaist Factory FIRE: The 100th Anniversary Nearly closing time on Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out causing the deaths of 146 garment workers, mostly young women. Join us for a special Memorial Program that will include music and readings from the time of the fire. Richard Greenwald will examine how this terrible tragedy had a profound impact on United States politics and the labor movement. The resulting reforms and political realignments remade both the labor movement and the American political system. Richard Greenwald is Dean of the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Professor of History at Drew University. He is the auth