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Cadwalader school 1951 Combined 5-6th grades

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The Jewish Calendar this year is a Leap Year. Why?

Why does the Jewish calendar have 13 months this year? Short answer: The modern Jewish calendar has 7 leap years containing an extra 13th month every cycle of 19 years. Longer, historical answer: There are two main types of calendars: A lunar one and a solar one. The Lunar Year The lunar calendar is where each year is a number of lunar cycles. The Muslim religious calendar is based on this. This lunar calendar is easy to observe. The downside of using this type of calendar however is that it does not stay synchronized with the solar calendar. Twelve lunar months of around 29.5 days each equals a lunar year of around 354 days. This means that each lunar year will be out of sync with the solar orbit of ~365.25 year by around 11 days. Thus using a lunar year of 12 lunar months means the seasons will shift through the calendar from year to year. For instance, the Muslim fast of Ramadan can occur in any season depending on the year. The Solar Year Don’t think

Garment Factory Owned by Joseph Rice 1910

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Nostalgia 1

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Two Car Keys Lon Cheney 1930's Froige Mary Pickford  1951 TV

Vine Family

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  In front of the headstone for Avraham and Rivkah Swern is a stone that is tilted backwards.  It marks the final resting place of Morris Freedman, who passed away on October 29, 1919. He is listed in the 1900 Trenton City Directory.   He was apparently in business with the Vine family with the shirt manufacturer Vine and Freedman.    There is a genealogy website that cites Freedman's business dealings here. Chapter 2-3: Simon (The Third Child of Benjamin & Bessie Wein) Simon (b. 1859; Lida, Vilna) was the third child of Benajmin and Bessie Wein. He married Libby (Leba or Bessie) Abramsohn (b. 1862) in Lida in 1883-1884. Simon and Libby had eight children: Rebecca, Emma, Jacob, Rose Leah, Louis A., Benjamin, Rachel and Norman. Simon immigrated via Hamburg on April 28, 1896 at the age of 37 on the SS California and arrived NY on May 15, 1896. Libby arrived in either 1898 or 1899. The oldest six children (Rebecca, Emma, Jacob, Rose Leah, Louis A. and B

Can You identify this 1950s event at Cadwalader Park?

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Do these Grave Markers Belong to Your Family? (2)

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Do these Grave Markers Belong to Your Family?

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Comments from December 2018 Blog

Tal Brody Shalom Arthur, A short note to say thank you for the nice book on Trenton. At this opportunity, I like to wish you a very Healthy, Happy & very Successful New 2019 Year, Tal Tal Brody Ambassador of Goodwill State of Israel e-mail:        talbrody06@gmail.com LinkedIn/Facebook:         Tal Brody Tel:               +972 35226652 Cell:              +972 523973911 Fax:              +972 35175251 WATCH THE TRAILER FOR ON THE MAP! https://vimeo.com/196894963/40340df4c8 www.onthemapfilm.com Marilyn Rosenthal dear Arthur, thank you for keeping me on your list.  I'm glad you keep so active with Jewish matters.  wishing you all the best!  Marilyn [Trenton's Jews] New comment on Cemetery Questionnaire. Arthur Frank I visit twice a year to the cemetery way at the end of the street whe