From: "David Simon Bendory" To: "Schelly Dardashti" References: <3BA6F255.9531BE13@barak-online.net> Subject: Re: Your siddur Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 20:01:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_02A7_01C14145.EACC7020" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_02A7_01C14145.EACC7020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am happy to have the story published. I have received about 100 e-mails now from people inspired by this story. It is an honor to my great-grandmother's soul. I have enclosed the original postings to JewishGen (note the dates to get them in the right order). If you are interested, I am happy to forward you the responses I've gotten -- I've saved them all. (Can I grant you permission to publish others' words that they e-mailed to me? At any rate, you may find some of them interesting.) May this miracle serve to inspire Jews everywhere to grow closer to God, the Jewish people, and the Holy Land! David Simon Bendory david90@alumni.princeton.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Schelly Dardashti" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 3:05 AM Subject: Your siddur > Dear David: > I was heartened to hear the story of your siddur. > I am looking to include some stories like this in my > next It's All Relative column for the City LIghts > weekly of the Jerusalem Post (distributed all over > Israel except Jerusalem, and also on the JP website). > Of course, I thought of it too late to save your > original post to JewishGen. > So, two questions: > 1) would you give permission for me to put in the story > of your siddur and its happy conclusion? > 2) could you please send me the original post to > Jewishgen? > I am sure I will have more questions as well. > > While I do not want to detract from the terrible loss > of life that befell thousands, sometimes people need to > hear about rays of light amid the darkness. > > Shana tovah! > Best regards, > Schelly Talalay Dardashti > Tel Aviv > dardasht@barak-online.net > > ------------------------- > Subject: No Words to Describe > From: "David Simon Bendory" > > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:10:09 GMT > X-Message-Number: 9 > > 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 > ------=_NextPart_000_02A7_01C14145.EACC7020 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Re_ No words to describe.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Re_ No words to describe.eml" Reply-To: "David Simon Bendory" From: "David Simon Bendory" To: "Hungarian SIG" , "Romania SIG" Subject: Re: No words to describe Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:51:38 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 I work across the street from the World Trade Center in One Liberty Plaza. My office windows were blown in by the blast when the southern tower collapsed. Thank God I was already on my way home. Thank God I made it home safely today, without a scratch. I will be bensching gomel in shul on Thursday. Locked in my desk sits my great-grandmother's siddur, published in Vienna in 1878. I had an appointment to meet with a book conservator tomorrow to have it properly preserved. Inside the cover, my GGM, then my GM, listed the births, marriages, and deaths in our family from the death of my GGGM and GGGF in 1893 through the marriage of Uncle Charlie in1932. The text is below. This siddur survived pogroms in Hungary, the journey to America, and 3 generations. I won't know if it survived today's tragedy until I can get back into my office, and I don't know when that will be. Thank God I have a scan of the writing inside the cover. My unforgettable blessed late Mother died on May 4, 1895. Father - January 3. My unforgettable blessed Mother died on May 16, 1893. My unforgettable blessed Father died on July 18, 1893. Married on August 17, 1901. My dear daughter Fanni was born on May 2, 1902. My dear Filip was born on January 2, 1905. My dear Karl Moritz was born on February 9, 1906. My dear daughter Teresine was born on March 3, 1908. Harrison Tess My dear daughter Rose was born on August 7, 1910. Harrison My dear son Leopold was born on March 9, 1914. My dear daughter Bertha was born on September 7. Fanny got married on August 21, 1926. Katherin was born on June 6, 1927. Elaine was born on November 11, 1930. My dear husband died on December 28, 1931. Tessi got married on April 30, 1932. Cha... got married on June 12, 1932. Please say a prayer for peace. 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 "Baruch Pinnick" wrote in message news:3.0.6.32.20010912001112.0079f580@mail.netvision.net.il... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To post a message to this mailing list please > address it to jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Encylopedia of Jewish Life - available for shipping > WORLDWIDE > http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > My heart goes out to those Genners who have been affected by this crime, > whose enormity has left me speechless. > > Baruch Pinnick, > Ma'aleh Adumim, Israel > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Pledge your support or make a gift to JewishGen today > YOU make it all happen! > http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/ > > JewishGen is a public service 501(c)3 institution > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > mailto:bpinnick@netmedia.net.il > --- ------=_NextPart_000_02A7_01C14145.EACC7020 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Re_ No words to describe.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Re_ No words to describe.eml" Reply-To: "David Simon Bendory" From: "David Simon Bendory" To: "Romania SIG" , "Hungarian SIG" Subject: Re: No words to describe Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:03:55 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Many of you responded to my earlier message regarding my great-grandmother's siddur, locked in my desk at One Liberty Plaza. One Liberty Plaza has at least partially collapsed now. The part remaining standing is teetering. I have little hope of ever recovering the siddur. Thank you all for your kind words at this time. If you are interested in seeing the siddur, the inside cover can be viewed here: http://members.home.net/dbendory/siddur/cover.jpg I previously scanned about 20 pages of the siddur, which I may have privately republished. If you are interested in following this project, please contact me privately. If there is sufficient interest, perhaps I will publish it as a fund raiser for JewishGen.org. David "David Simon Bendory" wrote in message news:Z4An7.4902$tL2.397510@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To post a message to this mailing list please > address it to jewishgen@lyris.jewishgen.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Encylopedia of Jewish Life - available for shipping > WORLDWIDE > http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgenmall > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I work across the street from the World Trade Center in One Liberty > Plaza. My office windows were blown in by the blast when the southern > tower collapsed. Thank God I was already on my way home. > > Thank God I made it home safely today, without a scratch. I will be > bensching gomel in shul on Thursday. > > Locked in my desk sits my great-grandmother's siddur, published in > Vienna in 1878. I had an appointment to meet with a book conservator > tomorrow to have it properly preserved. Inside the cover, my GGM, then > my GM, listed the births, marriages, and deaths in our family from the > death of my GGGM and GGGF in 1893 through the marriage of Uncle Charlie > in 1932. The text is below. > > This siddur survived pogroms in Hungary, the journey to America, and > 3 generations. I won't know if it survived today's tragedy until I > can get back into my office, and I don't know when that will be. > Thank God I have a scan of the writing inside the cover. > > My unforgettable blessed late Mother died on May 4, 1895. > Father - January 3. > My unforgettable blessed Mother died on May 16, 1893. > My unforgettable blessed Father died on July 18, 1893. > Married on August 17, 1901. > My dear daughter Fanni was born on May 2, 1902. > My dear Filip was born on January 2, 1905. > My dear Karl Moritz was born on February 9, 1906. > My dear daughter Teresine was born on March 3, 1908. Harrison > Tess > My dear daughter Rose was born on August 7, 1910. Harrison > My dear son Leopold was born on March 9, 1914. > My dear daughter Bertha was born on September 7. > Fanny got married on August 21, 1926. > Katherin was born on June 6, 1927. > Elaine was born on November 11, 1930. > My dear husband died on December 28, 1931. > Tessi got married on April 30, 1932. > Cha... got married on June 12, 1932. > > Please say a prayer for peace. > > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Pledge your support or make a gift to JewishGen today > YOU make it all happen! > http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/ > > JewishGen is a public service 501(c)3 institution > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > mailto:david90@alumni.princeton.edu > --- > ------=_NextPart_000_02A7_01C14145.EACC7020 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="No Words to Describe.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="No Words to Describe.eml" Reply-To: "David Simon Bendory" From: "David Simon Bendory" To: "Romania SIG" , "Hungarian SIG" Subject: No Words to Describe Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:10:21 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 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 ------=_NextPart_000_02A7_01C14145.EACC7020--