Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:12:32 +0200
From: "Lucienne, Johnny & Lynette" <3ofus@netactive.co.za>
Subject: Re: No Words to Describe
To: David Simon Bendory <david90@alumni.princeton.edu>
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David,
I find it really hard to believe that you, a practising, religious Jew,
credit a manuscript with the survival of a building!

What happened to the hand of God, and giving Him glory in all things?

Please don't think I am being flippant or facetious - I REALLY want to know
your thinking on this matter.

Sincerely

Lynette g
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Simon Bendory" <david90@alumni.princeton.edu>
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To: "JewishGen Discussion Group" <jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org>
Sent: 17 September 2001 08:10
Subject: No Words to Describe


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> 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
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