al orensanz

Yenta Laureate sent along some recent photos from the Angel Orsensanz Center at 172 Norfolk St. The former Anshe Chesed Synagogue, dating to 1850, has a new companion. Notice the Lenin statue, that longtime fixture of the Lower East Side,...

Orensanz will be remembered during an event at the Angel Orensanz Center.

Coming up later this month, members of the Lower East Side community will gather to remember Al Orensanz, the longtime director of the Angel Orensanz Center.

Al Orensanz, the beloved director of the Angel Orensanz Center, died this past Saturday at the age of 74.