Comments Thanksgiving 2017
Dick Hochman
Dec 10 (1 day ago)
to me
GIT IT (Trenton’s Jews) YESTERDAY AND FINISHED IT JUST NOW.
WELL-DONE INDEED. GOOD FOR YOU.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, I LOVED IT AND WILL PASS ALONG MY
ENTHUSIASM.
ALL THE BEST
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A. Richard Ross
4:06 PM (15 hours ago)
to me
Art,
Read the item about Hoenig & Swern with interest. An
earlier, and perhaps first Jewish owned store was Wirtschafter’s. The family
was hit hard by the depression and moved to LA where they thrived. One of my
mother’s good childhood friends was Joan Wirtschafter Isen who was 19 when the
family headed West. She was the last Trenton member of the family, passing in
July 2016 in her 96th year.
German Jews
German Jews settled in Trenton, the state capital, in the
1840s, the most prominent among them being Simon Kahnweiler, a merchant and
manufacturer. His brothers followed shortly thereafter: Leon and Emanuel.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_
Sidney Goldman wrote the 1840s bought additional German
Jewish families to the area: Dannenburg, Kahn, Schoninger, Frank and Mankos.
The 1850s gave us the names: Goldberg, Rosenblatt, Samler, Weinberg, Lowenstein,
Solomon, Bohn and others. See Sidney Goldman
Eventually, these German Jews incorporated the Mt. Sinai
Cemetery Association was incorporated in the town in 1857 and Har Sinai
Congregation held its first service in 1858.
This is not a complete list. The Wirshafter and Rice
families belong there also should also be on the list, among others.
E Jan Kounitz
6:11 PM (14 hours ago)
to me
Hello Arthur,
Hope this finds you in good health & spirits ready for
the holiday season.
Just took a look-see at the below info and “On-the-Map” True .. ‘blasts-from-the-past.’
Hadn’t seen those two
shanna punums (sp.?) in over 50
years! Both were childhood
associates.
I actually was on the same basketball team at the YMHA with
Tal Brody, the Maccabees ... he played I kept the bench warm !
And Steve Raam was in my Cub Scout Den .
Presently waiting
for Dr. Coenen to get back in touch to set a date to pick up
my collage.
Hope you have a very pleasant Thanksgiving.
Shalom,
Jan
Arthur Frank
Just so folks can identify, Workmen's Circle is Pitman Ave off
Cedar Lane - is it not?
Art - You are, as usual, correct.
I wanted to identify the general area
