Princeton NJ Events

Ripped from the Headlines, Adath Adath Israel Congregation

Thursday June 4, 2026
10:30 AM

Schmooze and Learn! Join Rabbi Adler for an informal discussion of current events and what Judaism has to say about the issues of the day. Enjoy your cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate and find out what's happening in the world through a Jewish lens. Discussions are typically held on Zoom on the first Thursday of every month. Please call the office at 609-896-4977 for the Zoom link.

Join us at 10:30am on Zoom on the following dates: Jan 8, Feb 5, Mar 5, Apr 16, May 7 and Jun 4 

Open the community!

Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville NJ 609-896-4977

The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America - Revolution Up Close: A Public Lecture Series

Thursday June 4, 2026
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Princeton University - Robertson Hall 100 (Arthur Lewis Auditorium)

The Spurgin family of North Carolina experienced the cataclysm of the American Revolution in the most dramatic ways—and from different sides. This engrossing book tells the story of Jane Welborn Spurgin, a patriot who welcomed General Nathanael Greene to her home and aided Continental forces while her loyalist husband was fighting for the king as an officer in the Tory militia. By focusing on the wife of a middling backcountry farmer, esteemed historian Cynthia Kierner shows how the Revolution not only toppled long-established political hierarchies but also strained family ties and drew women into the public sphere to claim both citizenship and rights—as Jane Spurgin did with a dramatic series of petitions to the North Carolina state legislature when she fought to reclaim her family’s lost property after the war was over.

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