Author Linda B. Forgosh will present a talk and book signing of her biography, Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist on Thursday, November 2 at 7 p.m. at The Present Day Club, 72 Stockton Street, Princeton, highlighting rare documentation of the friendship between Albert Einstein and Louis Bamberger. The event is presented by Morven Museum and Garden in conjunction with its current exhibition Newark and the Culture of Art: 1900-1960. Linda B. Forgosh is an independent scholar and executive director of the Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey. 

Born in 1855 to German immigrants, Louis Bamberger built his business, L. Bamberger and Company, into the fourth-largest department store in the country. His giving, both within the Jewish community and beyond it, created institutions that still stand today: the Newark YM-YWHA, Beth Israel Hospital, and the Newark Museum. Toward the end of his career, he and his sister, Caroline Bamberger Fuld, financed and directed the creation of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, which led to a friendship with Albert Einstein.

A private viewing of the exhibition with co-creator Roy Pedersen will take place at 5:30 p.m. prior to the talk. Morven Museum and Garden is located at 55 Stockton Street, Princeton.

Reservations are required.

Tickets: $18; $15 Friends of Morven are available online at morven.org/programs or by calling (609) 924-8144, x113. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Credit cards, cash, and checks accepted.

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