Trenton's Jews

      Trenton-Princeton-Bucks Jewish Hist Soc. May 2022 External Inbox Carolyn Allen Tue, May 10, 7:55 PM (13 hours ago) to me Thanks, Art. Of course you know Rachel Finkle is my cousin ( my mom and her mom were sisters) Nice article about the store.  Carolyn   Art Hoenig Hello Art, It would make me very happy if you added my family's name to the long list of Trenton Jewish families published yesterday in your newsletter.   The GOODSTEINS settled in Trenton in 1880 from Philadelphia and the HOENIGS are also an early family.    Also, the GOODSTEIN grave headstone was leveled out in the People of Truth cemetery on Pitman Ave. and it looks much better.   Thanks very much, Arthur Hoenig.  RE: Trenton-Princeton-Bucks Jewish Hist Soc. May 2022 External Inbox sstephens1622@gmail.com Wed, May 11, 2

  What happened on the Ninth of Av? A Historical Overview The 9th of Av, Tisha b'Av, commemorates a list of catastrophes so severe it's clearly a day specially cursed by G‑d. Picture this: The year is 1313 BCE. The Israelites are in the desert, recently having experienced the miraculous Exodus, and are now poised to enter the Promised Land. But first they dispatch a reconnaissance mission to assist in formulating a prudent battle strategy. The spies return on the eighth day of Av and report that the land is unconquerable. That night, the 9th of Av, the people cry. They insist that they'd rather go back The Jews were shocked to realize that their Second Temple was destroyed the same day as the first to Egypt than be slaughtered by the Canaanites. G‑d is highly displeased by this public demonstration of distrust in His power, and consequently that generation of Israelites never enters the Holy Land. Only their children have that privilege, after wandering in the desert

 

    Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation       As the great industrial complex of Trenton began to grow immediately after the Civil War.   By 1850, there were several churches in the City representing Presbyterian (remember) Princeton was a Presbyterian Seminary), Methodist (John Asbury had a mission in New Jersey), Baptist, Roman Catholic, Byzantine Catholic, and other denominations.   New York and Philadelphia have Jewish communities already two centuries old. Slowly, after the defeat of liberalism in the German States in 1848-9, German Jews made their way to Trenton. This trickle formed a core Jewish community where none existed before. Accordingly, the Har Sinai Cemetery Association, formed on November 19, 1857, when 11 men met in the home of Morris Singer. They were (besides Singer): Marcus Marx, Julius   Schloss, Issac Wymann, lgnatz Frankenstein, Lazarus Gottheim, Isaac Singer, Joseph Rice, Ephraim Kaufman, Marcus Aaron and Gustavus Cane.                      

 

 

 

  Cousins Chart Having trouble coming up with the proper term for your mother's uncle's father for your family tree? Here's a guide to who's who in the family structure.   Second cousin twice removed. Sounds mathematical, as though establishing a family relationship required the use of trigonometric algorithms. But like so many apparently daunting areas of expertise, it's really just a matter of learning the lingo. In the definitions below, "you" serve as the frame of reference, around which all the other relations revolve.   Uncle and aunt Your parents' brothers and sisters, and their spouses. You don't need any blood connection to be a full-fledged aunt or uncle. Your mother's sister's husband is not your uncle by marriage. He's your uncle, fair and square.     Niece and nephew Son and daughter of your siblings and siblings-in-law. As with uncle