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At its industrial height, Trenton housed
more than 62 potteries, major rubber and
steel manufacturing plants.
• What attracted Jews?
• They did not work in the manufacturing businesses.
• They generally served as store operators (independent
entrepreneur).
• Jewish professional initially were clergy.
• In the second generation, increasing NUMBERS joined
the professions (physicians, lawyers, dentists,
accountants) 1
2
Two Great Waves of Jewish
Immigration
• 1840’s Naar Family - Sephardic
• 1840-1880 – Germany, Austria
• 1881-1914
– Russian – Pale of Settlement (Lirvakland (Vilna,
Grodno, Minsk, Kovno) 75%
– Romania 1901-1904
– Hungary
3
South Trenton
4
Jewish Institutions
Shuls
Har Sinai 1857
Brothers of Israel 1883
People of Truth 1901
Workers of Truth - 1905
Ahavath Israel
(Hungarian, 1919)
Adath Israel 1923
Mikveh
Kosher butchers - 8
Kosher bakers – 6
Talmud Torah 5
Percentages of Jews Represented in
the Professions 1915-1956
Trenton Jewish Professionals
1915 - 1956
Professions 1915 1935 1946 1956
Accountants 0% 36% 40% 48%
Physicians 6% 13% 14% 24%
Lawyers 12% 25% 29% 37%
Druggists 16% 15% 20%
(Source: Donnelly's Trenton City Directory for raw data)
6
MAJOR PHILANTHROPIC AND
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS ............
Hebrew Immigration Mutual Aid Soc
Drama and Theater
Jacob Gordon Hebrew Dramatic Club
Russian-Turkish Baths
The Kachunkie
Cemeteries
Mikveh (Jewish Ritual Bath)
Trenton Jewish Federation 7
Fall of Trenton’s Economy
After World War II, large industry consolidated (amalgamated)
into national and international companies located outside of
Trenton. Factory plants and their jobs left in the 1950’s and
1960’s. Accordingly, this reduction in workforce detrimentally
affected local (Jewish) merchants.
Pottery industry began to deteriorate after WWW1.
John A. Roebling sold to Colorado Fuel and Iron.
Jewish Trenton’s Third Generation +
The 1949 and the 1961 increases in the professions:
1970, nearly 30 percent of all professionals.
40 Jewish philanthropic organizations, including three
Conservative congregations as well as two Orthodox
and one Reform congregation.
By the beginning of the new millennium, the Trenton
Jewish Community diminished to three
congregations, one Orthodox, one Conservative and a 8
OUTSTANDING TRENTON JEWISH
PERSONALITIES
9
Hon. Philip Forman Zalman King (Lefkowitz)
Ho. Sidney Goldmann Richard Kind
Benjamin Kauffman Henry Levin
Sol Weinstein Peter Dan Levin
Alex Siegle Mike Bloom
Sol Linowitz Tal Brody
Judith Light Tony Siegle
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Trenton's Jews

  • 1. At its industrial height, Trenton housed more than 62 potteries, major rubber and steel manufacturing plants. • What attracted Jews? • They did not work in the manufacturing businesses. • They generally served as store operators (independent entrepreneur). • Jewish professional initially were clergy. • In the second generation, increasing NUMBERS joined the professions (physicians, lawyers, dentists, accountants) 1
  • 2. 2
  • 3. Two Great Waves of Jewish Immigration • 1840’s Naar Family - Sephardic • 1840-1880 – Germany, Austria • 1881-1914 – Russian – Pale of Settlement (Lirvakland (Vilna, Grodno, Minsk, Kovno) 75% – Romania 1901-1904 – Hungary 3
  • 5. Jewish Institutions Shuls Har Sinai 1857 Brothers of Israel 1883 People of Truth 1901 Workers of Truth - 1905 Ahavath Israel (Hungarian, 1919) Adath Israel 1923 Mikveh Kosher butchers - 8 Kosher bakers – 6 Talmud Torah 5
  • 6. Percentages of Jews Represented in the Professions 1915-1956 Trenton Jewish Professionals 1915 - 1956 Professions 1915 1935 1946 1956 Accountants 0% 36% 40% 48% Physicians 6% 13% 14% 24% Lawyers 12% 25% 29% 37% Druggists 16% 15% 20% (Source: Donnelly's Trenton City Directory for raw data) 6
  • 7. MAJOR PHILANTHROPIC AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS ............ Hebrew Immigration Mutual Aid Soc Drama and Theater Jacob Gordon Hebrew Dramatic Club Russian-Turkish Baths The Kachunkie Cemeteries Mikveh (Jewish Ritual Bath) Trenton Jewish Federation 7
  • 8. Fall of Trenton’s Economy After World War II, large industry consolidated (amalgamated) into national and international companies located outside of Trenton. Factory plants and their jobs left in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Accordingly, this reduction in workforce detrimentally affected local (Jewish) merchants. Pottery industry began to deteriorate after WWW1. John A. Roebling sold to Colorado Fuel and Iron. Jewish Trenton’s Third Generation + The 1949 and the 1961 increases in the professions: 1970, nearly 30 percent of all professionals. 40 Jewish philanthropic organizations, including three Conservative congregations as well as two Orthodox and one Reform congregation. By the beginning of the new millennium, the Trenton Jewish Community diminished to three congregations, one Orthodox, one Conservative and a 8
  • 9. OUTSTANDING TRENTON JEWISH PERSONALITIES 9 Hon. Philip Forman Zalman King (Lefkowitz) Ho. Sidney Goldmann Richard Kind Benjamin Kauffman Henry Levin Sol Weinstein Peter Dan Levin Alex Siegle Mike Bloom Sol Linowitz Tal Brody Judith Light Tony Siegle Amy Robinson