Comments From September 2017



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 Pitman Habler: If you can add to the tree on Geni, by all means, please do!
Susan Pitman Habler2:10pm Sep 27
Miriam Bebich thanks

Finkle Art10:11am Sep 28
Welcome! If you send me your email, I will include you on a monthly blog

Chaim Forer10:19am Sep 28
I never heard "Ruzhan" referred to as "Ruzhany" but perhaps your family is from the famous Ruzhan, the home of the holy Ruzhiner Rebbe. Or, it's a completely different place!!

Mark Melmed6:46am Oct 15
I found an Abbe Vegotsky from "Ružany, Pruzhany District, Brest Region, Belarus" on Geni.com <https://www.geni.com/people/Abbe-Vegotsky/6000000027109386873>

Mark Melmed6:51am Oct 15
And Jackie Vine nee Vegotsky, from Trenton, is on Geni.com also. Here i sth elink toher tree: <https://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000016926486751>. She is the only Vegotsky from Trenton on Geni.com. If you can add more Vegotsky family to the tree there, that would be terrific!!
Bruce Zagnit

Thank you for finding burial plots at Workingmen’s Circle Cemetery.

I read the article that mentioned the Horsman dolls and decided to get one for my granddaughter. I looked until I found one I could afford and that I thought my granddaughter would like. I ordered it and it came in two days, so well packaged. She loves Dolls but most of them are rag dolls or "loud" dolls that I don't care for . I think the Horsman dolls are much better. I hope she agrees.

Thank you.

   George Zilbergeld

Malcolm Casway

thank you Arthur,where does the time go. I am going to meet a friend of yours after she comes back from California. jill mokowitz she lives in Miami beach. should be fun. her dad scotty got me into sports at the old ymha where I played biddy basketball and then in the sat nite league with sam smith. take care and all the best.

Estelle Finkle

Thank you, Art.  God should help you to find solutions to this cemetery problem.  I was actually thinking to write and ask you if your research includes both People of Truth cemeteries.  My parents are buried in the "new" cemetery whose entrance is on Cedar Lane, but my paternal grandparents and my Aunt Jean Finkle Brody are buried in the "old" cemetery around the corner, the entrance is on a side street whose name I don't know. [PittmanAve.] I was there once in August 1991, and noticed that it was definitely not being kept up.
Best regards,
Cousin Estelle

Ah, ha, I didn't know[family tree] came from her.  I will ask her.  I'm waiting to hear "orphan cemetery" news from you.

Take care, I hope you have a happy, healing rest of the holiday season.

Estelle


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