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  Trenton Jewish Historical Society   Jewish Federation, Trenton 1964   45Vicki DaBronzo, Bernice Siskowitz Abramovich and 43 others 8 1   Kevin Thurm Miriam Feinberg Vamosh ,  Paul Feinberg Carol Charlton Steven Sacks-Wilner That is my father receiving the gavel together with a fine group of community minded gentlemen. 3 Richard Ross Steven Sacks-Wilner  Your dad drive carpool to PCD, much of it on the shoulder of Route 1 Steven Sacks-Wilner Richard Ross  That's my Dad. He thought and acted outside the Box before "outside the Box" became inside the Box    Lisa Warren February 5 at 1:11 PM   Richard Ross my handsome community minded father!!    22Jonathan Weber, Vicki DaBronzo and 20 others 5 ...
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Polish Jewish Names

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  Polish Jewish Names The earliest historically confirmed news about the region, which today is the State of Poland, dates back to the 10 th century. At that time, and maybe already two centuries earlier, Jews came to Poland from Ukraine, from the Khazarian Empire — between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea — and the Byzantium Empire. The emigration from Germany, especially from Franconia and the Rhine area, and from Bohemia — which took place from the 11 th century — influ­enced the language and the people's names. The Jews brought along, to Poland, the German language of that time, as well as the community organization typical of the German ones. The Yiddish language, still existing, was a combination of German dialect and Hebrew words. The Jews were engaged in this area in trade and money business, the trigger of the setting up of a local economy. The oldest Jewish communities in Poland in the 13 th and 14 th centuries were: Plozk, Kalisch, Krakau, Lemberg, Posna...
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