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The Lower East Side, a neighborhood that has embodied the hopes and struggles for generations of newcomers to America, a place where hundreds of thousands of immigrants embarked on their road to the American dream. The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC,) is a non-profit organization in existence since 1998, whose primary goal is to preserve the synagogues of the LES, the most famous immigrant neighborhood in America. As a result of our efforts, many have been designated historic landmarks and listed on the NY State and National Register. In part because of our help, a 32-block area of the Lower East Side was designated a Historic District in September 2000. Our mission now is to share this heritage. We accomplish this by giving customized private, and occasional public tours showcasing the neighborhood and its landmarked sites. Our tours are unique in that we are the only ones to take our visitors into all the synagogues, allowing them to be experienced from the inside.The Lower East Side, a neighborhood that has embodied the hopes and struggles for generations of newcomers to America, a place where hundreds of thousands of immigrants embarked on their road to the American dream. The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy (LESJC,) is a non-profit organization in existence since 1998, whose primary goal is to preserve the synagogues of the LES, the most famous immigrant neighborhood in America. As a result of our efforts, many have been designated historic landmarks and listed on the NY State and National Register. In part because of our help, a 32-block area of the Lower East Side was designated a Historic District in September 2000. Our mission now is to share this heritage. We accomplish this by giving customized private, and occasional public tours showcasing the neighborhood and its landmarked sites. Our tours are unique in that we are the only ones to take our visitors into all the synagogues, allowing them to be experienced from the inside.