Return-Path: Delivered-To: alumni.princeton.edu%david90@alumni.princeton.edu Received: (cpmta 13267 invoked from network); 20 Sep 2001 19:28:31 -0700 Received: from mta8.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (167.206.5.23) by smtp.c007.snv.cp.net (209.228.33.205) with SMTP; 20 Sep 2001 19:28:31 -0700 X-Received: 21 Sep 2001 02:28:31 GMT Received: from nancy (ool-18b84d3a.dyn.optonline.net [24.184.77.58]) by mta8.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.0 Patch 2 (built Dec 14 2000)) with SMTP id <0GJZ00E9VQUHPK@mta8.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for david90@alumni.princeton.edu; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:27:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:41:57 -0400 From: Nancy Scholem Subject: Re: No Words to Describe To: David Simon Bendory Message-id: <005b01c14246$fb96ea00$6701a8c0@nancy> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: Status: U X-UIDL: O6qlz9HkIc0z1QE Congratualtions! G'mar Tov! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Simon Bendory" To: "Hungarian SIG" Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 2:10 PM Subject: No Words to Describe > 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