Responsable : Carlie MacPherson library@jccottawa.com or 613-798-9818 ext. 245

Description :

Hidden among South Jersey’s farmlands and deep within the Pine Barrens, faint echoes of a once-thriving Jewish world still whisper in the wind. Old train tracks cut through fields and forests, leading past forgotten stations and beyond the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Along the way, traces of that lost world emerge, waiting to be rediscovered. The Seventy Shuls is a journey through time, memory, and faith. It explores how Jewish life flourished in the Garden State and what remains today. For nearly 150 years, these seventy synagogues stood as sanctuaries of resilience and belonging. They were built by pioneers and immigrants. They were sustained by farmers, shop keepers, and later revived by Holocaust survivors. These shuls anchored Jewish life in wood, brick, and mortar. Nearly all of them have vanished, replaced by churches, highways, casinos, and housing developments, yet their stories linger in the land scape. Blending investigative journalism, cultural history, and personal reflection, The Seventy Shuls uncovers the hidden legacy of synagogues that anchored these successive communities in Jewish life. Through meticulous research and intimate storytelling, these forgotten places come alive again. This work is much more than a local story. It traces the evolution of the synagogue’s sacred space within the timeline of American history and how these spaces evolved in tandem with American Judaism.

JOSH CUTLER is a Ph.D. student in Holocaust Studies at Gratz Collegeand holds an M.A. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from Stockton University. He has served as Program Director at the Marjorie & Lewis Katz JCC, CampDirector of JCC Camp by the Sea, and Executive Director of the Board of Jewish Education of Atlantic & Cape May Counties.

Informations supplémentaires : SJCC Members will receive a 20% discount at checkout.

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