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Written by Rhea Becker

Over Columbus Day weekend I went to a cousin’s wedding in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the city of my birth. Although I grew up in nearby South River and never lived in New Brunswick, the city was nevertheless important in my early life for the following reasons: my mother grew up there, my grandparents lived there and owned a little department store on French Street, my frequently visited aunt and cousins lived there, my dad graduated from the New Brunswick-based Rutgers University, my family went to a New Brunswick synagogue for the High Holidays, an uncle on other other side of the family owned a fruit and vegetable store there, and my mom worked as a dietitian in the hospitals there (Middlesex and St. Peter’s).

I have to admit, revisiting there after many years away I found the city to be rather dreary. The store my grandparents owned was now a liquor store in a rather rundown area. And the commercial districts were sleepy, even on a Saturday afternoon.

Tell me. Have YOU revisited the town or city where you were born? What were your impressions?

Tags: columbus day, family, hometown, new brunswick new jersey

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