As part of its yearlong Centennial anniversary celebration, the Long Branch Free Public Library will sponsor a program about Long Branch and Monmouth County called the “Jewish Newport of the Jersey Shore” at 7 p.m., June 29, at the Main Library in the Community Room, 328 Broadway, Long Branch.
Jean Klerman, a member of the Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County, will trace the assimilation of the Jewish immigrants from their first documented arrival in Monmouth County as early as 1716. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome. For more information please visit www.longbranchlib.org or call Lisa Kelly at 732-222-3900, ext. 2350.
