The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County presents Growing Up Jewish in Rural New Jersey, A Talk by William Agress on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 2 PM. Admission is $10 members and $12 non-members.

William Agress returns to the Museum to present the story of his own parents and grandparents who lived in Perrineville. His talk will include the stories of the forming of the Perrineville Jewish Center, farming in the Monmouth County area including Roosevelt, and how Perrineville was at one time considered a mini “Catskills.”

Agress is a long-standing reenactor of Albert Einstein, among others. For more than 30 years he has been re-enacting various Revolutionary period characters, and as an actor, has appeared at the Bucks County Playhouse and McCarter Theatre. Agress has appeared as George Washington on the Amazing Race TV show and as Albert Einstein in a video for AT&T. He is an advocate for the recognition of the importance of New Jersey in the context of the American Revolution.

Funding has been made possible in part by a general operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of the Department of State, through grant funds administered by the Monmouth County Historical Commission.

For more information or to make a paid reservation (non-refundable), call the Museum at 732-252-6990, or visit www.jhmomc.org. Maximum capacity is 100, so paid reservations are recommended.