Category Archives: Personal letter

The founding of Cullom & Ghertner

I’m reposting this because I just received a picture of J.A. (John) Cullom  Joseph Alexander Cullom (name updated based on his death notice here) , co-founder of the printing company and have information about the date of the founding. Simon … Continue reading

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Synagogue & Jewish Cemetery in Roman, Romania

(in Roman, Romanina) “Between 1859-1860, there were 3,288 Jews; in 1899 – 4,019, in 1930 – 5,925.” [1] “Central Synagogue was built in 1837 on the site of a wooden synagogue that operates already in the XIV century, which was rebuilt in … Continue reading

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‘Circuit Riders’ .. Rabbis that is

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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Simon Ghertner’s autobiography (1st partial post)

In the fall of 2011, a 13 page, typewritten ‘autobiography of Simon Ghertner’ was found in his son’s (Alven Simon Ghertner) papers. Here are some interesting highlights. It was apparently written shortly before his death on 5 Feb 1945. Simon … Continue reading

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Joseph F. Block letter of 10 Mar 1942

Read Joseph (“Bumpa”) F. Block’s letter to Mae (PDF) In the letter to Mae (now identified below) Uncle Joe says the Block family moved from Camden to old Mexico for a year or two during the Civil War and that … Continue reading

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