Middlesex County - Monroe Twp - A Short History of German-Jewish Life in the United States
Tuesday, April 9 and Wednesday, April 17 – Middlesex County The American Jewish Experience Lecture Series, presented by the Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, continues for its 22nd consecutive year with a presentation by Dr. Nathan M. Reiss , entitled: A Short History of German-Jewish Life in the United States. Contrary to general belief, German Jews already composed a large fraction of the Jews who lived in the American colonies before the Revolutionary War, and they made many unexpected and unheralded contributions to American Jewish life. This talk examines the history of German-Jewish life in the U.S. and discusses the many influences and contributions that this group made. Nathan Reiss, a resident of Highland Park, has been engaged in the study of genealogy for much of his life, and to date has found over 15,000 relatives. In 1980, he authored a book on his own family hist...