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Saturday, August 26, 2017

JEWISH FARMERS POWERPOINT TO BE PRESENTED @ HOWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Back to the Land: The Story of The Jewish Farmers of Greater Monmouth
A PowerPoint Presentation, focusing on the Jewish agricultural industry that flourished in Central Jersey from 1920 to 1970

WHEN: Thursday, September 7, 2017, at 6:30p.m.
WHERE: Howell Public Library (Monmouth County Library), 318 Old Tavern Rd, Howell, NJ
ADMISSION: free
732-938-2300

The program deals with earlier 18th and 19th century Jewish farming development leading to the 20th century when commercial-scale poultry farming became the most important form of agriculture engaged in by the state’s Jewish farmers. The largest concentration of Jewish poultry farms in Monmouth County developed in the Farmingdale/Howell area, producing a rich community as well as an agricultural life.

For more information or to make a paid reservation (non-refundable), call the Museum at 732-252-6990, or visit www.jhmomc.org. The Jewish Heritage Museum is located in the Mounts Corner Shopping Center, at 310 Mounts Corner Drive Freehold, NJ, at the corner of Route 537 and Wemrock Road (between the CentraState Medical Center and Freehold Raceway Mall).

It is on the second floor of the historic Levi Solomon Barn. The JHMOMC is a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Museum is handicapped and assisted-listening accessible.