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Art
I used to received
your blogs regarding Trenton's Jewish community and 1 that I remember was from
a Trentonian author that was living in New Zealand in which he mentioned an
illegal liquor "still" in the period of Prohibition built by his
uncle on Union St.
I figured he was
referring to the still that was built to my mother's brother, my uncle, Abe
Byer, next door to my grandfather's (and later my father's) hardware store at
63 Union St. and came to the conclusion that he was the New Zeeland's person
uncle by was of his wife. At that time I sent him an e-mail but never received
a reply.
In any case the
attached document that I've written speaks of the Olinsky and Byer's families
of Trenton, and contains a story about the still.
I look forward to
you thoughts regarding it.
By the way at some
point, quite a few years ago I stopped receiving your messages and would look
forward to again receiving them.
Richard
Olinsky
The
Jewish community in Trenton, NJ in the early decades of the 20th Century, was a
small tight-knit community with several thriving synagogues and seemingly lots
of intra-Trenton Jewish marriages.
In my
wife's case (Barbara Melmed nee Goldstein), I see many Trenton-based surnames
appearing over and over (Kohn, Goldstein, Azarchi, Cohen, Sutnick, Urken,
Lefkowitz, Troll, Koslow, Habas, Siegel. and Litowitz, to name a few).
It is
my contention, that we can put together a unified Trenton-Jewish family Tree
that will encompass perhaps 90% of the Trenton Jewish Community of the
1900-1940's.
I
would like to use this project to facilitate the building of that tree in Geni.com.
- Mark
H. Melmed, 23 November 2011
For
Trenton Jewish Community information http://trentonjewishhistsoc.blogspot.com/?view=sidebar
South Tx
Chris Maik After church we used to go there to get trolley buns and rye bread
and of course hard rolls when they truly were hard and fresh
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Many were located in jewrown which was below the railroad
station down to the river around market and broad streets
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These were
commonplace during that era.
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Wonderful...and
we have a group planning to see his musical in the fall. Thank you, Arthur!
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Wow. I know knew
this. Thanks art will repost.
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I didn't know
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Heard this before
but always good to read about how remarkable Jewish heritage is.
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Beautiful story
about the good hearts of some good people.
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Everything good
and blessed has Jewish origins on this planet. Amen.
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I'm sorry, Fb
recommended you to me. But we don't seem to know each other, is it because we
have something in common? I tried to add you as a friend but it didn't work,
maybe you can add me on fb so we can be friends on fb, anyway, I wish you all
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I'll try you.
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Id do the same if
faced. My Grandmother’s mantra. 
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My Uncle Cliff
delivered for Puritan Dairy back in the 50s and 60s.
I can still
remember my mom washing out the empty bottles and giving them back to him.
We lived on Grace
Drive in Hamilton Township.
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And the Iceman delivering ice block
for the freezer…that is really dating me! And as kids, we would hang out at the
ice truck hoping to get a fallen sliver.
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Ruth De Jager
A
Jewish family Karnofsky, who immigrated from Lithuania to the United States,
took pity on the 7-year-old boy and brought him to their home.
There
he stayed and spent the night in this Jewish family home, where for the first
time in his life he was treated with kindness and tenderness.
When
he went to bed, Mrs Karnovski sang him Russian lullabies, which he sang with
her.
Later
he learned to sing and play several Russian and Jewish songs.
Over
time, this boy became the adopted son of this family.
Mr.
Karnofsky gave him money to buy his first musical instrument, as was the custom
in Jewish families.
Later,
when he became a professional musician and composer, he used these Jewish
melodies in compositions such as St. James's Hospital and Go Down Moses.
The
little boy grew up and wrote a book about this Jewish family, who adopted him
in 1907. And proudly spoke Yiddish fluently.
In
memory of this family and until the end of his life, he wore the Star of David
and said that in this family he learned "to live a real life and
determination."
This little boy's name was Louis Armstrong. This little boy
was called Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. Louis Armstrong proudly spoke fluent
Yiddish and “Satchmo” is Yiddish for “big cheeks, a nickname some say was given
to him by Mrs. Karnofsky!
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Wonderful...and
we have a group planning to see his musical in the fall. Thank you, Arthur!
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Wow. I know knew
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I didn't know
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Heard this before
but always good to read about how remarkable Jewish heritage is.
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Beautiful story
about the good hearts of some good people.
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Everything good
and blessed has Jewish origins on this planet. Amen.
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I'm sorry, Fb
recommended you to me. But we don't seem to know each other, is it because we
have something in common? I tried to add you as a friend but it didn't work,
maybe you can add me on fb so we can be friends on fb, anyway, I wish you all
the best
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