(FREEHOLD, NJ) -- The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County A Multimedia presentation: Coming to America presented by Marc Diament on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 at 7:00pm. This is an in-person and Zoom program with free admission.

This multimedia program will shake up the "from shtetl to America" story and enrich it with history of the amazing global traders of La Nación, Portuguese Jewish world explorers, and others such as Moses Cohen Henriques who founded Recife, Brazil and worked as a Privateer for the Dutch West India Company to sack the Spanish Main and fund the organization. This organization eventually founded New Amsterdam/New York which became a Mecca for Jews and a central Jewish focal point for roaming peddlers such as Jonas Solomon who was one of Monmouth County’s first Jewish settlers.

For more information or to make a reservation, please call the Museum at 732-252-6990 or visit our website at www.jhmomc.org.

Marc Diament is serving as Vice President of JHMOMC’s Board of Trustees and Nominations and Genealogy chair. He is the owner of Integral Technology Solutions, and through his volunteering at the Museum he has developed a passion for Jewish history and our unique roles in the world. His programs are always informative and extremely well received. Marc is currently focusing on the Genealogy Project (a Federation grant funded project) which brings Jewish Geography, traditional Genealogy, Community demographics, and oral histories to life in an innovative interactive experience.

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.   Now open to visitors by appointment, the Museum is handicapped and assistive-listening accessible. Masks and vaccinations are required.

The Museum’s Board of Trustees denounces racism and all forms of violence against any group, ethnicity, or race, and stands in support of any targeted community.

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.