From: "David Simon Bendory" To: "Schelly Dardashti" References: <3BA6F255.9531BE13@barak-online.net> <02aa01c14167$7307ea20$64fa1dc7@david> <3BAA07FB.243E1F60@barak-online.net> Subject: Re: Your siddur Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:09:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 I think I've provided you now with everything you asked for... let me know... I'm sorry if I've inundated you with too much information. I thought it better to give you the whole story and let you decide how best to tell it rather than pre-screen it for you. I'm happy to work with you further on this if you wish. ...and of course, I would very much appreciate your sending me a copy of the article (if possible, the entire newspaper) on the day it is published. David Simon Bendory david90@alumni.princeton.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Schelly Dardashti" To: "David Simon Bendory" Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Your siddur > Dear David: > Thank you for your reply and the attached messages. > You can give me permission to quote emails you received > IF you have asked for and received permission from the > SENDERS to do so -- I know, I know ... but it is safer. > If we do not use the sender's name, I do not think we > need permission, but it makes it much nicer to attach > names to such aspects. > I am looking forward to seeing them! > > David, would please provide me with some bio on > yourself: age, education, what you do, family, etc. > --how you got into genealogy, how long, etc. > --How the siddur was finally retrieved from your desk? > --some more info about your family(ies) and places of > origin > --the previous trials and tribulations of the siddur > > I know that it is hard to describe what you and others > went through last week, I would very much appreciate it > if you could offer some personal observations of what > you experienced, what you have seen in the rescue and > recovery stages, any remarks on how NYC pulls together > in the face of adversity (as a NYer born and bred, I > know, but this one isn't about me!!!). I have spoken to > friends and family about their experiences and have > been glued to the television for almost all of the > first week, 23 hours a day, and I know what you mean by > not having the words. > > I am looking forward to doing this column very much. I > believe it is very important. > > David, you mentioned having the page with the names and > dates scanned. If you could send that to me it would be > a good illustration. A photo of yourself or (some are > camera-shy, I know!) of one of the elder generations > (perhaps the ones who were the first to arrive in the > US), such as your great-grandmother if one is > available. > > Best wishes, > I look forward to receiving more information (bio, > answers to questions, photo, scan, email responses) > from you and putting this together. > (Attachments need to be sent to my home email (barak) > as we cannot open them in the office because of virus > concerns). > Schelly Talalay Dardashti > Tel Aviv > dardasht@barak-online.net > > > David Simon Bendory wrote: > > > > 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 > > > >