From Mailbag - November 2017

Arthur, this is a WONDERFUL ‘thing’ you are doing.

The Savannah Jewish Community is a very tightly-knit group, (except for the Orthodox) which keeps a bit of distance from the Conservative and the Reform. 

I am a docent at Congregation Mickve Israel, the third oldest in the country and love every day when i am privileged conduct tours and talk about the Savannah Jewish community. I find it really interesting and happily-coincidental  with the number of visitors from my former neck of the woods. Trenton, Princeton and bucks County are represented nearly every time I am at ‘work’. They provide me with the opportunity to talk about the Trenton in which I grew up. A rich history indeed.

May you continue to do what you do for many years and inspire the next generation to pick up where you leave off.

All the best,

Joanne and Richard Hochman

Trenton's Jews - November 2017

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Hi Arthur..... I enjoy your Trenton Jews!

I would like to help you with the upkeep of the cemetaries.  I was recently at my fathers and had to get some upkeep.  There were some other stones turned over but if there is no one watching it will really deteriorate!

Nancy Teich Frost

On Nov 1, 2017, at 9:46 AM, Arthur L. Finkle <afinkle221@gmail.com> wrote:

Robin Wallack

“Cemetery project Sounds” great!

Hoenig Department Store

Arthur Hoenig reports:

Hoenig, Swern and Company from 1920 to 1928, opened as a Department Store in 1928, located at South Broad St. and Lafayette St.  

Five partners shared ownership; my grandfather,  Arthur Hoenig; Sam Swern; my grandmother's two brothers, Harry and Ben Goodstein and a brother in law, Hyman Green Its chief competitors were S.P. Dunham's; Goldberg's; Weinberg's and Urken's.

In 1928, it reorganized as Swern's conducting business until the 1960's. The Assinpink Creek ran in the back of it. Now the corner vacant other than the Human Services Bldg. at 222 South Warren St.

Its motto from 1920’s advertisement “the store with a heart."

It sold all types of household goods.

From the Mailbox September 2017

Comments September 2017

Estelle Finkle, Jerusalem

Hello, Art, I'm glad to see you're active and doing good things.  Sorry, but I will not make it to the meeting.  I hope it goes well.  I do wonder about my parents' cemetery sometimes, I fear there's no one left at the People of Truth synagogue to take care of it.  And, of course, I'd like to hear historical things about Trenton.

How are you?  How is the weather there?  Are you in touch with my cousin Sherry?

It's really good to hear from you, I hope we can be in touch more often.

Regards,

Cousin Estelle

Bruce Zagnit

Thank you for finding burial plots at Workingmen’s Circle Cemetery.

I read the article that mentioned the Horsman dolls and decided to get one for my granddaughter. I looked until I found one I could afford and that I thought my granddaughter would like. I ordered it and it came in two days, so well packaged. She loves Dolls but most of them are rag dolls or "loud" dolls that I don't care for . I think the Horsman dolls are much better. I hope she agrees.

Thank you.

   George Zilbergeld

Malcolm Casway

thank you Arthur,where does the time go. I am going to meet a friend of yours after she comes back from California. jill mokowitz she lives in Miami beach. should be fun. her dad scotty got me into sports at the old ymha where I played biddy basketball and then in the sat nite league with sam smith. take care and all the best.

Estelle Finkle

Thank you, Art.  God should help you to find solutions to this cemetery problem.  I was actually thinking to write and ask you if your research includes both People of Truth cemeteries.  My parents are buried in the "new" cemetery whose entrance is on Cedar Lane, but my paternal grandparents and my Aunt Jean Finkle Brody are buried in the "old" cemetery around the corner, the entrance is on a side street whose name I don't know. [PittmanAve.] I was there once in August 1991, and noticed that it was definitely not being kept up.

Best regards,

Cousin Estelle

Geni.com

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