Jewish Roots in Princeton Deepen

Prior to the 1920s, Princeton’s few Jewish families relied upon the established Jewish community in Trenton to fulfill their cultural and religious needs –  whether for worship, the religious education of their children, or kosher products, such as meat from Stern's Butcher Shop in Trenton. Only with the establishment of a congregation in Princeton did these families begin to center their Jewish community in Princeton. The town’s first Orthodox synagogue off Spring Street was within walking distance of its congregants’ homes and businesses –  many of which were located on Witherspoon and Nassau Street, in the heart of town.