Trenton's Jews

Comments September 2017 Estelle Finkle, Jerusalem Hello, Art, I'm glad to see you're active and doing good things.  Sorry, but I will not make it to the meeting.  I hope it goes well.  I do wonder about my parents' cemetery sometimes, I fear there's no one left at the People of Truth synagogue to take care of it.  And, of course, I'd like to hear historical things about Trenton. How are you?  How is the weather there?  Are you in touch with my cousin Sherry? It's really good to hear from you, I hope we can be in touch more often. Regards, Cousin Estelle Mark Melmed   Akiva Pitkowsky is on  Geni.com , but nothing about his wife or children. He died in 1942, in Ružany, Pruzhany District, Brest Region, Belarus. There is a note that he Perished in the Ghetto. Here is the link to his tree: < https://www.geni.com/family.../index/6000000029341443212... >. The tree takes your family back to about 1790.  Susan P...

Hello Naomi & Arthur, Thought you’d like to know .... Today ... Friday 13th, October 2017 .... as I was / am preparing for tonight’s festivities ... the annual Jersey City Artists Studio Tour (JCAST), I just got a phone call from the curator,  Dr. Craig Coenen, at the Mercer County Community Collage’s ... *Jewish Historical and Holocaust Memorial Museum that they are pleased to accept the Jerome “Jerry” Kounitz Memorial Collage.   They even have gone as far as to say they will accept it as a permanent loan, in the event another venue might want to display it.  Dr. Coenen, is planning on picking it up next month and putting it on display at the *JHHMM in their main lobby (under protective glass) between a Torah and some Holocaust artifacts. I’m elated to say the least.  Their game plan is to have a ceremony with yours truly in January 2018.   Ya-hoo !! I’ll keep you all posted ... needless to say you’re invited to ...

Rabbi Joshua Haberman, champion of adult Jewish education, dies at 98 Washington, DC rabbi is remembered for bringing 'the light of Torah to countless followers' during his 72-year rabbinic career. By  JTA 26 September 2017, 11:29 pm     Joshua O. Haberman. (Screen capture: YouTube) Rabbi Joshua Haberman, rabbi emeritus of the Washington Hebrew Congregation and founder of the Foundation for Jewish Studies, died this week at 98. Haberman, who represented the Jewish community during the memorial service for the victims of 9/11 held at the National Cathedral, died Sunday at his home in Washington, DC, following a rabbinic career of 72 years. Haberman “brought the light of Torah to countless followers not only as a rabbi, but also as a brilliant visionary in the field of Jewish Adult Education,” Elaine Amir, president of The Foundation for Jewish Studies, said in a statement. “His leadership, kindness and humanity will be long remembered.” Haber...

T he Princeton-Mercer-Bucks Jewish Federation honored Lynne Azarchie. She held leadership roles with the Jewish Community center (Abrams Camp); the Kidsbridge Tolerance Center in Ewing; the American Jewish Committee; and two  interfaith organizations. Ms.Azarchi conceived and administered the Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum.  Each year, elementary and middle school youth interact with education and psychology undergraduates, supervised by college professors.  College students and retired seniors volunteer as docents in the Museum.   The jewel in the Kidsbridge crown is the Tolerance Museum. It also hosts a weekly life skills programs for at-risk elementary and middle school youth in Trenton, and an annual competition for youth & adult community service