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Newark’s Jewish Frontier: Weequahic and its High School

March 14 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

| Free
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Linda Forgosh, curator and outreach director at Jewish Historical Society of MetroWest, will discuss the history of Weequahic, which was home to 35,000 Jewish residents from the 1930s to the 1960s. Known as Newark’s “Jewish Frontier,” Weequahic attracted the city’s upwardly mobile Jewish families.
Please RSVP by March 7 to [email protected]

Details

Date:
March 14
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Event Tags:
Linda Forgosh
Website:
http://www.njpac.org/events/detail/newark-history-society-at-njpac-newarks-jewish-frontier-weequahic-and-its-high-school

Organizer

Newark History Society, co-sponsored by the Women’s Association of NJPAC

Venue

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
One Center Street
Newark, NJ 07102 United States
Website:
www.njpac.org