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Seeking information About Rabbi Kantrowitz and Congregation Poale Emes of Trenton Binyomin Zev Karman   Thu, Mar 28, 5:24 AM (1 day ago) to me Dear Mr. Finkle, I am a journalist for Hamodia, a newspaper in New York with the largest circulation of any Orthodox Jewish newspaper in America. I am preparing an article about Rabbi Jacob (Yaakov) Kantrowitz, who served in Congregation Poale Emes of Trenton from 1928 until his death in 1946. He was originally buried in their cemetery  on Cedar Lane, but eventually his remains were transferred to Israel. His son in law, Rabbi Lev, took over his position, and served there until the mid 60s, when the Jewish community began to wane. I was wondering if you might know where I could get a picture of the Poale Emes Synagogue to go along with my article. I did get a picture of Rabbi Kantrowitz from his great-grandson, b