Monthly Archives: February 2012

Solomon & Mary Block’s memorial stones, Camden

Posted on February 23, 2012 by gsghert01

I found records at Findagrave.com that Solomon Block and Mary Levinson Block (my great great grandparents) and Lena Grace Block, a younger sister of “Bumpa”, were buried at Jewish Rest Cemetery in Camden, Arkansas. (Also see International Jewish Cemetery Project). … Continue reading →

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‘Circuit Riders’ .. Rabbis that is

Posted on February 14, 2012 by gsghert01

Part of the training for American Rabbinical students at all three Hebrew Union College campuses is to travel to under-served Jewish communities to conduct worship services. The Jewish Archives in Cincinnati has letters dated in the 1890s from the Hebrew … Continue reading →

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WWII bomb sight maker buys Cullom & Ghertner

Posted on February 2, 2012 by gsghert01

The Norden bomb sight was a tachometric device (which incorporated an analog/mechanical computer and linkage to the airplane’s autopilot) that was used by United States forces to help the crew drop bombs accurately on selected targets from high altitudes in … Continue reading →

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