Trenton's Jews: Beginning, Adaptation
and Achieving the American Dream Arthur L. Finkle
An account of a small industrial city,
Trenton, that became a haven for immigrating Jews (German Jews in the 1850’s;
and the Russian, Polish, Hungarian and Romanian Jews in 1881-1914). The story
delves into the immigrant periods of a displaced people adapting to a
completely new environment. It follow its people, its institutions, its work
and its eventual economic success. Later, the story line explores the Second
Generation of this Russian community, along with the older and smaller German
Jewish community, and the amalgamating influences of the Young Men’s Hebrew
Association (YMHA) and other secular organizations ‘Americanizing’ the Jewish
community. Trenton is one of many small cities that served as havens for Jewish
refugees who came to the land of opportunity to eventually achieve the American
dream.
