{"id":5169,"date":"2014-08-19T20:41:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T03:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=5169"},"modified":"2014-08-19T20:41:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T03:41:12","slug":"how-about-some-good-news-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/19\/how-about-some-good-news-for-a-change\/","title":{"rendered":"How about some good news for a change\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Jersey man celebrates 101st birthday … at work<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Herman Goldman celebrates his 101st birthday with colleagues after 73 years in the office<\/h2>\n
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Lighting repair specialist Herman “Hy” Goldman, 101, stands in his workshop at Capitol Lighting where he has worked for 73 years<\/span>\u00a0Photo: AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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By\u00a0AP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2:58PM BST 19 Aug 2014<\/p>\n

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A 101-year-old man from New Jersey celebrated his birthday with colleagues on Monday after 73 years in the same job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Herman “Hy” Goldman works four days a week at light fixtures company Capitol Lighting in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Apart from a brief absence to serve in the US Army in World War Two, Mr Goldman has worked at Capitol Lighting since 1941.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The store said Mr Goldman was first hired to sell stock and clean the displays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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