Dad, Jacob, died at only age 5. I felt that so many of our WHS brothers and sisters would be able to relate. I remember Prince, Broome and Mercer Streets very well. Dad and his brother would take me there on Saturdays for haircuts and his pinochle games at the Old Vienna and Deli at Sidney Solomans. I even remember the pushcarts on Prince Street. I could go on and on, but thanks for your interest. Marty. Prince Street was settled by Eastern European Jews. Calendar of cultural events in Haifa July 2016. Visits organized by the Haifa Tourism Office City tour (4h), from the Office of Tourism, Ben Gurion 48, 1-800, reservations, -30-50-90, 101, or reception of the hotel, Haifa. Di Cc Completo - Ebook download as Excel Spreadsheet (.xls), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read book online. The German and Irish population, who originally moved there from Down Neck, moved out as this new group moved in. The abundant supply of jobs attracted them to the area. Newark's answer to New York's Orchard Street was Prince Street. The street, filled with pushcarts, was paved with wooden blocks. There were live carp swimming in big glass tanks, corned beef, pastrami, pickles, herring, St. John's Bread, sugar cane, fruits and vegetables. Colorful scarves, dresses, suits, clothing of every description, hung from the racks. The housing was wooden tenement houses with coal bins. Heat, electricity, and toilets were luxuries that very few apartments had. Many Jews took advantage of the bathhouses on Broome, Charlton and Mercer Streets. The Y was the major source of social and cultural life. It was located at the corner of High and Kinney Streets. Dramatic clubs, glee clubs, literary clubs, theater, lectures, and sports could be had with a visit to the Y. As soon as the Jewish immigrants saved up enough money, they too moved on. The German Jews moved to the Clinton Hill section and the European Jews on to both the Clinton Hill section and the Weequahic section. The Weequahic area consisted of 2 . Successful German Jews also moved into the Forest Hills section. Restaurant menu, map for Kenny & Ziggy's New York Deli located in 77056, Houston TX, 2327 Post Oak Blvd. Just Bacon A Living - Blt $15.95 triple decker made w/crisp bacon, lettuce & tomato. Got food processor with multiple blades? FYI: I would watch my Bubbie use her hand grater to make potato kugel/ and or Kishka. Hand grated the potatoes, some oil, eggs, salt, pepper and the carrot (also hand-grated) that gave it. The area is home to a number of New York landmarks: the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, and the. DINNERS All dinners served w/side salad except * Nosh Around The Clock One slice of kishka, one piece of stuffed cabbage, goulash, 3 meatballs, kasha varnishkas, egg barley farfel w/mushrooms, & noodle kugel 39.95 * * * * * TRADITIONAL SPECIALTIES. New York may have set the blueprint for the Jewish delicatessen, but some say L.A. Get familiar with the history of the old-school classics, plus what to order when. Prince Street and the Third Ward. Of the many memories associated with Jewish Newark, none engenders more enthusiasm than stories about life on Prince Street and the six blocks of Yiddish- speaking neighborhoods that bordered and surrounded Prince Street. This was Newark's Third Ward. The boundaries at the eastern end were High Street (now Martin Luther King Boulevard) from Clinton Avenue to Springfield Avenue. The western boundaries were Belmont Avenue (now Irving Turner Boulevard) from Clinton Avenue to South Orange Avenue. This is where Newark's Jews, some 5. First there were peddlers who came to the area, then came the pushcarts, followed by Jewish merchants who opened storefronts on Prince Street. Prince Street was described as . Residents kept to the neighborhood. For entertainment, old and young attended Yiddish plays and operettas at Elving's Metropolitan Theater (1. This first generation of Jewish immigrants also maintained memberships in mutual benefit and burial societies. For German Jews there was the KUV, Kranken Untersteutzung Verein, or Chronic Benefits Society, and for East European Jews, these societies, or . Two of the most popular occupations at this time were that of the saloonkeeper and the pharmacist. For sons of Jewish immigrants, boxing was a way to make a living. The starting place for Newark's Jewish fighters was the High Street YMHA. Noted amateurs were Newark's only Jewish mayor, Meyer Ellenstein, and Newark's bagel king Sonny Amster. Professional boxing sites were Laurel Garden or the Newark Veledrome. Newark's Jewish boxers were also recruited into an organization designed to counter pro- Nazi activities in the Newark area in 1. It is unofficially bounded by South Orange Avenue in the north, Avon Avenue in the south, Martin Luther King Boulevards and University Avenues on the east, and Bergen Street in the west. At one point, this was the . The Jews of Newark were distinct from the Jews of New York in that most worked as peddlers, grocers, tailors, mechanics, technicians, artisans, jewelers, and repairmen, as opposed to factory workers. Gradually, the Jews of Newark grew in affluence, and many moved south to Weequahic and Hillside, though lower middle- class Jews were to be found in the neighborhood as late as the 1. From the 1. 94. 0s on, many African Americans from Virginia and the Carolinas moved here, attracted by the World War II boom for such local corporations as Westinghouse. By the 1. 96. 7 Newark riots, this was a slum, with a high concentration of housing projects in the section east of Bergen Street. Springfield/Belmont's projects were demolished in the 1. Springfield/Belmont is close to 1. African American, and one of Newark's neighborhoods most drastically affected by white flight. Springfield/Belmont contains many historic buildings along Martin Luther King Boulevard, formerly known as High Street. Describing the street from north to south, a visitor would see the Art- Deco extravagance of Arts High School, classically inspired St. Agnes Greek church, the magnificent Victorian architecture of the Krueger- Scott Mansion, the Beaux- Arts Feigenspan Mansion, a Neo- Classical former synagogue, and finally the Moorish Revival. Prince Street Synagogue. Built for a German brewer, the Krueger- Scott mansion was the most expensive home ever built in Newark. Plans are afoot to turn it into a black cultural center. The 1. 88. 4 Prince Street Synagogue, former home of Congregation Oheb Shalom, later Metropolitan Baptist Church, at 3. Prince Street, has been restored and converted to a nature center for Newark by the Greater Newark Conservancy. The yard of the old synagogue has been turned into a beautiful community garden. The most severe destruction from the Newark riots occurred on Bergen Street between Clinton Avenue and Springfield Avenue. The Springfield branch of the Newark Public Library is located in the Springfield/Belmont neighborhood. Sam Kahn, Pharmacist. Belmont Ave. 1. 90. Memories of 3. 06- 8 Belmont Avenueoldnewark. Barbara Ann Jones Taylor I grew up on the corner of Belmont and Avon Avenues, from 1. A double set of doors, led to a vestibule, the floor and walls were white tile with black trim. There were brass mailboxes built into the walls for each of the 1. A second door led to a long hallway, our apartment was at the end on the left. To the right, was the stairway which led to the 1. On either side of the entrance were stores. One a grocer and the other a candy store. My father, Thomas Jones was . My 'extended family' became many of our upstairs neighbors. Seymour Pierce, for one, would see other kids enjoying ice cream cones outside our bldg. Dottie and Irving Turk knew I liked spaghetti and meatballs, they would invite me for dinner. Bunny and Joe Duda would ask me to go along with their daughter Arlene when they went to Manasquan for the day. Mae and Bill Kiefer were always stopping by our apartment to see my brother and I, we went on picnics with them to Suntan Lake many times. Mae convinced her boss at a fuel company on Badger Ave to hire me part time, my first real job. I was 1. 4 and worked 3 hrs on Sat. When I was little, all my friends had off school for the Jewish holy days, I would cry because I wasn't Jewish. On Christmas Eve, it was another story; it was 'open house' at the Jones's. All of my extended family would drop by for some of Mom's famous Christmas cookies and to help decorate the tree, we always had a houseful. We were all of different faiths and nationalities, and we were like one big happy family. The candy store on the right was owned first by Gussie Wallerstein, then the Berkowitzs', the Shulmans' and then the Spatzs'. Around the corner, on Avon Ave. His shop was behind and under the candy store and our apartment. All the store owners were also very good neighbors. Sikora would supply all the neighborhood kids with used heels for our hopscotch games and tighten our roller skates when we couldn't find a skate key. We played hopscotch, red light/green light, jump rope, double Dutch on the nice wide side walk in front of our building. We used to signal each other when we were going out to play, by banging out a secret code on the steam pipe in our bedroom, hers was 4 floors directly above mine. As we got older we'd roller skate or bike ride all over the area. We would get a group together and go for a picnic to Weequahic Park. In our teen years we rode the bus to Olympic Park. Some days we packed a lunch and spent the day at the pool. Other times, I think it was Wednesday, we would get one of those long strips of tickets, and all the rides were 5 or 1. All phone calls were made from the candy store pay phone. In an emergency family would call the candy store and the owner would send someone to get us. No one took advantage of this courtesy and when we were called it was usually because someone in the family died. I remember when we did get a phone installed, we were probably the last in the building, I was so excited to be able to call my classmates. On Saturday we would take them in our red wagon to the junk yard on Badger Ave and would get money for our load. It was always enough to go to the Avon Theater on Clinton Ave. As the neighbors in the building noticed our little job, they ALL started saving their papers in the basement and before long we had to ask Dad to take our papers in the car. Dad made us put our 'extra' money in our Howard School Savings account. Our roof was rather special because our landlady had a tanning bed mounted on a track up there. It could be turned in the direction of the sun and was completely enclosed with canvas. When we were little, Theresa and I spent hours pretending it was our house and having tea parties in it. As we grew up we joined the ladies for the tanning sessions. There was also an enclosed shower on our roof, nice for cooling off. All the ladies brought some goodies to share; pitchers of grape juice, cookies, pretzels etc. We styled each others hair, did our nails, shared magazines and just enjoyed the sun. On the night of July 4th everyone went on the roof to watch the fireworks, we could see them from many different locations in Newark. What joy and excitement there was in our building, it had been a long while since there was a . Needless to say, he was showered with attention.
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