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June 2019 Trenton Jewish Historical Society

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June 2019 On May 2, the Cemetery Project began its fundraising activities. More than 75 people attended. Our goal is within reach. We need one last push. THINK about honoring your heritage. Send donations to Stark & Stark c/o Rachel Lilienthal Stark, Esq. 993   Lenox Drive, Building 2 Lawrenceville NJ 08648 *    *     *    *   Herman Spiegel - Trentonian's Own https://trentonsjews.blogspot.com/2019/02/herman-spiegel-trentonians-own.html Tula Schnorbus Kurtz https://trentonsjews.blogspot.com/2019/02/tula-schnorbus-kurtz.html Shavuot – June 8-10 We have three Pilgrimage Festivals. Shavuot is the third. Sukkot and Pesach are the others) https://trentonjewishhistsoc.blogspot.com/2018/09/shavuot.html Mailbox https://trentonsjews.blogspot.com/2019/05/comments-april-2019.html https://trentonsjews.blogspot.com/2019/04/mailbox-march-2019.html https://trentonsjews.blogspot.com/2019/06/comments-may-2019...

Comments May 2019

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RE: Trenton's Jews May 2019 Paul Feinberg to me You are very welcome, Arthur—these remarks are simply a summation of  my feelings throughout the years we have known one another. Shavua tov! Shaul Sat, May 18, 2:51 PM (17 hours ago) From:  Al Finkle  Sent:  Friday, May 17, 2019 4:30 PM To:  Paul R.Feinberg  Subject:  Re: Trenton's Jews May 2019  Shaul Thank you for your unnecessary but meaningful comments. Shabbat Shalom u'vrecha Arthur On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:34 PM Paul R.Feinberg wrote: Thank you Art... your love and devotion are praiseworthy! On the way to Shabbat Shalom! Paul Sent from my iPhone On 15 May 2019, at 3:59, Jewish Trentonian < afinkle@kean.edu > wrote Tom Glover   recommends  Trenton Jewish Historical Society . May 12 at 12:58 PM  ·  FASCINATING and valuable history of local Jewish ...

Comments April 2019

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From: "Paul R.Feinberg"  Subject: Re: Please Join Us Thursday, May 2, 6 p.m. Date: April 16, 2019 at 5:54:29 AM EDT To: Greater Trenton Jewish Cemetery Project  Thank you Art, and to all working on this Restoration mission! As a nearly- native Trentonian, I commend you! Were I not living in Har Adar, Israel, and close to Trenton I would be present... yes, my beloved parents are buried in Ewing.... and beginning tonight we observe Danessa Inez Bachrach Feinberg’s 25 Yartzeit. With success, Art, here and in all your missions. Chag Sameach! Paul Estelle Finkle Sun, May 5, 3:05 PM (23 hours ago) to Art Please let me know how it went.  thank you.  Happy new Jewish month! 75 attended. We are about 3/8ths of our goal of $500,000. Art Finkle Scott Gansl Subject: Last night's reception  Date: May 3, 2019 at 4:0...

Mailbox March 2019

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Seeking information About Rabbi Kantrowitz and Congregation Poale Emes of Trenton Binyomin Zev Karman   Thu, Mar 28, 5:24 AM (1 day ago) to me Dear Mr. Finkle, I am a journalist for Hamodia, a newspaper in New York with the largest circulation of any Orthodox Jewish newspaper in America. I am preparing an article about Rabbi Jacob (Yaakov) Kantrowitz, who served in Congregation Poale Emes of Trenton from 1928 until his death in 1946. He was originally buried in their cemetery  on Cedar Lane, but eventually his remains were transferred to Israel. His son in law, Rabbi Lev, took over his position, and served there until the mid 60s, when the Jewish community began to wane. I was wondering if you might know where I could get a picture of the Poale Emes Synagogue to go along with my article. I did get a picture of Rabbi Kantrowitz fr...

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Federal Building - East State St. Broad Street - 1900 Downtown 1947 Broad Street Bank Building

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Bellvue Ave. Entrance Leisurely Sunday at Park Rock Garden Stuyvesant Ave. Entrance Floral Display

Mailbox February 2019

Beth Palubinsky  <bpalubinsky@gmail.com> To: Arthur L. Finkle Feb 10 at 5:04 PM Arthur, thanks for the email. I am certain that my parents, Joe and Jessie Zelnick, knew the Segotskys; the name is familiar to me, though it's been decades since our farm days.   And could your Toms River Zelnicks have been my grandparents?  Hard to know.  Some Zelnick relatives recently surfaced from whom my grandparents and parents had become detached; I think they had a connection to my grandparents' farm for a time.  I'll have to dig up some old notes. I don't have mountains of memories of our family's farming activities but many, for sure, and I would be pleased to chat with you.  I'm in Philadelphia and you're on or near the Main Line, do I have that right?  Maybe make a date to talk over coffee?   And if you have Gert Dubrovsky's book,  The Land Was Theirs , dive in and meet my father and many of the people with whom we had...