Trenton's Jews

  Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project has made great strides in rehabilitating the People of Truth Memorial Section on Cedar Lane. That said, much more remains to be done.  GTJCP is grateful to everyone whose financial support has enabled the improvements and welcomes online donations at  https://gtjcp.org/donate/   Docent-guided tours of the Cemeteries on Cedar Lane and Pittman Avenue can be schedules on the website as well.       Photo Caption: The marker of George Zeltt is one of many that will be restored at the Cedar Lane cemetery   Photo Caption: At the Pitman Avenue cluster, four granite memorial benches have donated for the use of visitors.      

  Cantor David Wisnia   Jun 17, 2021   Remembering Cantor and Holocaust Survivor David Wisnia 1926 – 2021 Cantor David S. Wisnia, 94, passed away on Tuesday, June 15, 2021.   David Wisnia was a vocalist, composer, educator and beloved community leader. Later in life, he would use his powerful baritone to share with the world his remarkable tale of surviving the Holocaust through story and song, tracing his harrowing journey from young Polish singing star to Auschwitz prisoner to American liberator with the 101st Airborne. Cantor Wisnia’s remarkable singing voice helped save him in the Nazi concentration camp. David was born in the town of Sochaczew, Poland on August 31, 1926. He was   a star student of the Yavneh-Tarbut Hebrew School System and he had mastered multiple languages – including German, French, Yiddish, and Hebrew – by the age of 10. He received vocal training as a pupil of director/composer Maestro A.Z. Davidovich. David also learned from renowned Cantors Gershon Sirota an

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  The Fast of Tammuz, June 26-27 "The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70"  The fast of Tammuz, according to  Rabbi Akiva 's interpretation, is the fast mentioned in the  Book of Zechariah  as "The fast of the fourth Hebrew ( Zechariah 8:19 ), Tammuz, the fourth month of the  Hebrew calendar . According to the  Mishnah ( Mishnah Ta'anit 4:6),  five calamities befell the Jewish people on this day: 1.   Moses broke the two tablets of stone on Mount Sinai; 2.   The daily  tamid  offering  ceased to be brought; 3.   During the  Roman siege of Jerusalem , the city walls were breached, leading to the destruction of the  Second Temple  on  Tisha B'Av ; 4.   Prior to  Bar Kokhba's revolt , Roman military leader  Apostomus  burned a  Torah  scroll; 5.   The Romans erected an idol in the Temple. The Babylonian Talmud places the second and fifth tragedies in the  First Temple  period. The  Book o

  Rosh Hashanah  YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE   Rosh Hashanah FAQ: All About the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah   , the Jewish new year is a fall holiday, taking place at the beginning of the month (Tishrei), the seventh month of the Jewish year (counting from Nisan in the spring). It is both a time of rejoicing and weighty introspection, a time to celebrate the completion of another year while also taking stock of one's life. The High Holiday Period The two days of Rosh Hashanah usher in the Ten Days of Repentance ( Aseret Yemei Teshuvah ), also known as the Days of Awe ( Yamim Noraim ), which culminate in the significant fast day of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The Days of Awe represent the climax of a longer process. Starting at the beginning of the previous month, called Elul, the shofar is traditionally sounded at the conclusion of the morning service. A ram's horn that makes a trumpet-like sound the  shofar   is intended as a wake-up call to prepare for the Tishrei holidays. O