While growing up in New Jersey, Jennifer Winkelried ’10 enjoyed the stories her grandfather, Irwin, shared about living in Newark, where he was part of a wave of Jewish families who settled in the state’s largest city.
Irwin would recall the bonds that were formed within the Jewish community and their impact on his life. A successful real estate appraiser, he, like many others, eventually moved out of the city. But his roots remained in Newark.
A history major with a passion for photography, Winkelried took her appreciation for the Jewish culture in Newark and created an exhibit, “A Glimpse of Jewish Newark: The Immigrant Experience 1844-1953.” The exhibit was recently on display for two weeks on the second floor of Social Sciences.
A reporter for the New Jersey Jewish News attended the exhibit's opening. To read the story, click here.