Trenton's Jews

NEUMANN   German ,  Jewish From Middle High German niuwe and man meaning "new man, newcomer". NUSSBAUM   German ,  Jewish Means "nut tree", derived from the German Nuss "nut" and Baum "tree". NUSSENBAUM   Jewish Variant of  NUSSBAUM . ORENSTEIN   Jewish Means "horn stone" in German. PASTERNACK  פּסטרנק, פּאַסטערנאַק  Polish ,  Yiddish Americanized form of  PASTERNAK . PASTERNAK  פּסטרנק, פּאַסטערנאַק  Polish ,  Ukrainian ,  Russian ,  Yiddish Means "parsnip" in various Slavic languages, ultimately from Latin pastinaca. A famous bearer was Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author of 'Doctor Zhivago'. PENSAK   Yiddish Variant of  PENZIG . Denoted a person who came from Penzig, the German name for Pieńsk, a town in southwest Poland. It is derived from Polish pień meaning "stump, tree trunk". PENZAK   Yiddish Variant of...

  To The Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project:   I want to take a moment to commend the Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project for all of their hard work in cleaning up the five cemeteries off Pittman Avenue. They look remarkable.   My father’s side of the family was from Trenton and I would go with my Dad and uncle to say prayers over the many family members in those five cemeteries as well as Worker’s of Truth on Cedar Lane. I’ve been going since I was young in the late 1950’s, during the time when there was this man who would be in the cemeteries to offer to say prayers. In the last 60 years I watched the cemeteries decline with overgrowth of vines and trees. This year I completely went past the cemetery because I was looking for the overgrown vines and large trees. Walking into the Workmen’s Circle section I was able to see headstones of relatives that I haven’t been able to see for years. Everything looked great. Broken walkways were fixed and dilapidated...