Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project




Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project

 RESTORATION • PRESERVATION • EDUCATION

 The Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Your donation is
 tax deductible. 

Dedicated to rehabilitating and preserving
five Jewish Cemeteries dating back to 1857



  
Today, we have the
opportunity to honor
our heritage by making
their final resting places neat,
clean and respectful.
We have built a strong
community based on their
sacrifices and traditions.
We owe it to them to
restore this sacred ground.


Without the courage and
heroism the original
Greater Trenton Jewish
community demonstrated to
get us all to a safe place,
we would not be here.




Hundreds of Jewish Cemetery graves require need  professional restoration
and maintenance to properly honor 
our forebears.


                      















Honorary Chairs

Lynne Azarchi - Nancy Teich Frost - Albert Stark

Event Committee

Mort Cohen
Arthur Hoenig

Herb Spiegel

Naomi Lavine Hauser
Mark Litowitz
Jeff Perlman
Steve & Iris Daner
Gary Hofing
Rachel Stark
Arthur Finkle
Michael Keats
Dan Popkin
Harold Heft
Linda Meisel

In partnership with the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks

Please join us to learn, share, and remember.
With your help, we’ll restore dignity to the
Thursday, November 15 at 6:00 p.m.
Jewish Cemeteries and honor our ancestors.

Honoring Arthur Finkle, Trenton native
and the region’s preeminent Jewish historian.

Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP: 609-392-0092 or Cari@TheEagleGroup.org
Hosted at the offices of
Stark & Stark
993 Lenox Drive, Building 2, Lawrenceville NJ 08648


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