Return-Path: Delivered-To: alumni.princeton.edu%david90@alumni.princeton.edu Received: (cpmta 1765 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2001 18:44:15 -0700 Received: from mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (204.127.131.47) by smtp.c007.snv.cp.net (209.228.33.205) with SMTP; 19 Sep 2001 18:44:15 -0700 X-Received: 20 Sep 2001 01:44:15 GMT Received: from miller.langsam.com ([12.88.106.98]) by mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with ESMTP id <20010920014413.SYXT8481.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@miller.langsam.com> for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 01:44:13 +0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010920214319.029988c0@mail.langsam.com> X-Sender: moishe%langsam.com@mail.langsam.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:45:03 -0400 To: "David Simon Bendory" From: "moishe@langsam.com" Subject: Re: No Words to Describe In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Status: U X-UIDL: O6lJ8NHkIc0G6gE Although we seem to have no common genealogical thread, we do share a current geographical one. I work over at the Seaport and your siddur was on my mind. I am glad that you recovered it. Perhaps if the re-open the American Cafe on Broadway, we can "do lunch". -Moishe Miller 212 214 3580 At 02:10 PM 9/17/01 -0400, you wrote: >Tens of people responded to my earlier story of my GGM's siddur, trapped in >the wreckage of the World Trade Center. Several encouraged me to have faith: >after surviving pogroms in Hungary, the journey to America, and 3 >generations of my family, the siddur would surely survive this calamity as >well. > >Well, it seems that the presence of my siddur saved One Liberty Plaza, which >is not only standing but also structurally sound -- in spite of earlier >reports of its collapse. > >As to my siddur, it has been retrieved and is safely in the hands of a >friend who will personally deliver it to me tonight in time for Rosh >HaShannah. > >Earlier, I said that I have no words to describe the catastrophe from which >I narrowly escaped. I now have no words to describe the miracle which has >emerged from that same catastrophe. > >God willing, there are more miracles to come, in the form of survivors who >emerge from the debris. > >Shanah tovah, > >David Simon Bendory >Livingston, NJ >david90@alumni.princeton.edu >Looking for Hungarian KOHN, POPPER, BRAUCH, HECHT in Resita, Timisoara, >Anina >Looking for Romanian SCHWARTZ or SIEGAL, VACSMAN in Botosani or Braila, >Romania >Looking for Romanian HARR near Bucharest, Romania >Looking for SIMON and GOETZ from Germany >http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/i/m/David-E-Simon/index.html > > > > >This SIG (h-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org) is hosted by > JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy > Visit our home page at http://www.jewishgen.org >To post a message to this mailing list please address it to > > >Visit our website at http://www.jewishgen.org/hungary/ , and remember the >H-SIG message archives at >http://www.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.isa?jg~jgsys~sigspop