Green Apple Tour of NYC

Jewish Heritage Tour

On Grand St. between Essex and Norfolk streets will be Kossar's and East Broadway bakery. It is a legendary operation that dates back to 1927. Kossar's is strictly to-go operation, but don't be surprised if you wind up lingering to watch the flour-covered bakers go about the endless work of shuttling giant wooden trays of dough in and out of the oven. The bialys at Kossar's are nothing short of a baking marvel. The warm bialy experience is one of those quintessential culinary experiences that every New Yorker should enjoy at least once. The first taste sensations are textural- of lightness, softness and an airy center - and eventually give way to a stronger current of dark and cherry taste. Impossibly sweet bits of onion sprinkled on top linger to the finish.

On Norfolk between Grand and Broome streets will be Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Synagogue.

On Orchard between Broome and delancey streets will be the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. Chartered in 1988, the museum's mission is "to promote tolerance and historical perspective through the presentation and interpretation of a variety of immigrant and migrant experiences on Manhattan's Lower East Side, a gateway to America". At the center of the museum's programs is its flagship tenement building at 97 Orchard St. Built in 1863, this structure is the first homestead of urban, working class, poor and immigrant people preserved in the United States. It was home to an estimated 7,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 1935. www.tenement.org

On Broome between Allen and Eldridge will be Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue. Small synagogue in New York City's Chinatown is reaching out to make people aware of its congregation's heritage through a museum that familiarizes people with its customs and history. The synagogue is virtually unchanged since being built in 1927 by Romaniote Jews from Janina, Greece. In 2004, it was designated a landmark by the City of New York. Both memorabilia and the museum's tour guides describe the story of the Romaniote Jews, from their entry into Greece in the first century to their current life in America.

Walk East past Orchard St. and stop at Ludlow. At Ludlow walk North four blocks until you get to East Houston.

On the corner of Houston and Ludlow will be Katz Deli. This is your final destination. Katz is probably the most now spot in the Lower East Side. Around for more than 100 years, this huge cafeteria-style Jewish deli may not be the place to take a date - formica tables lined up in rows will remind him or her of eating in a school lunchroom. But if you are craving a giant pastrami sandwich or a couple of kosher hot dogs, there is perhaps no better place than this to go in the city. There is table service, but most people take a ticket at the door and give it to the counterman when placing their order; they then pay on the way out. Katz is also famous as being the location for "that" scene from "When harry Met Sally", and has also been used as a location for numerous other films. The walls are lined with photos of the owner with the various celebrities that have dined here. www.katzdeli.com