American Jewish Experience Lecture Series 2015

Jewish Family & Vocational Services

52 Concordia Shopping Center, Monroe Township

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10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.


*April 28:   Dr. Nathan Reiss
The Origins of Jewish Family Names

*May 26: Ronald Becker
Building New Lives After the Shoah: New Jersey's Role


July 21:  Dr. Nathan Reiss
The History of the Sephardic Jews of Central New Jersey

August 11:  Dr. Joseph Cohn
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg: The Real Wizard of Oz  

September 8:  Stephen Eisdorfer
The Great Synagogue Pipe Organ Dispute

October 20 :  Linda Roskein
Max Pine, Leader of the United Hebrew Trades, Socialism, and the Rise of the Jewish Middle Class

November 10: Dr. Marcia Midler
Molly Picon, the Sweetheart of Second Avenue



*Grand funding has been provided by
the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission and the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, through a grant provided by the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of Dept. of State