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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a small group of Jewish immigrants carved out their own vibrant community in Staten Island. Jewish settlers clustered around the Arietta Street, St. George, Bergen Point, and Perth Amboy ferries and built seven synagogues and a Jewish community center. Jewish dry goods, candy, hardware, and men's furnishings stores sprung up along the major shopping areas of Jersey Street and Richmond Avenue. As the Jewish population grew, it expanded into new developments in Willowbrook, Eltingville, and Arden Heights and was able to support a Jewish elementary school.

Artist and writer Jenny Tango is affiliated with the Preservation League of Staten Island and the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island. She was an active participant in the revival of the Jewish Historical Society of Staten Island in 2003 and is a member of Temple Emanuel.