LECTURE #5. Wandering Jews of New Jersey

Come back in time and see the first Jewish settlements in the urban centers of Newark, Paterson, Passaic, New Brunswick, Jersey City and Trenton. See the old Bamberger’s Department Store, Beth Israel Hospital and the old Newark Synagogues–B’nai Jeshurun, Bnai Abraham and Oheb Shalom, See the waterfalls of Paterson and its Jewish-owned silk factories. Explore the Jewish farming communities of Alliance, Vineland and Woodbine (the first all-Jewish town in the world). Everyone who ran the town including the mayor, police chief, fire chief and town council were all Jewish and spoke Yiddish. Visit the old vacation spots of Lakewood and Atlantic City. It’ll bring back wonderful memories.

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