Life is a transient tragedy, that goes on and on....
Fred
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Hardy Breier <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net> wrote:
> Why people come to New York?
> Because it is an exciting place !
> The mid town skyscrapers, the Museums ,
> The bridges , the rivers , The theatres, the park,
> Chinatown, Little Italy, Wall street.
> Dutch come for their roots ?
> They come for late- night Broadway shows
> Or midtown street vendor knishes,
>
> Why do people come to Czernowitz ?
> 1. Because they were born there and are curious,
> 2. Because they promised their dad or mom.
> 3. "For sentimental reasons"
>
> Hardy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lloyd [mailto:longislanderl_at_aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:15 PM
> To: Anny Matar
> Cc: Shelley; Taylor, Miriam R; Hardy Breier; Gad Rennert; Bruce Reisch;
> CZERNOWITZ-L
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Jewish Genetics and History Conference, Haifa 2016
>
> I can only compare Czernowitz to that other great Jewish city, New York.
> Change there and here is inevitable. Nothing stays the same. You can't
> bring back the way it was here in New York or anywhere else.
> I look around New York today...
> Where are the Indians? They were the first ones here. What did they do here?
> Where did they go?
> Where are the Dutch? They bought Manhattan island (an Indian name) from
> them and established a thriving trade post here. The only things Dutch that
> remain in NY are names of communities, rivers, and streets.
> Did they disappear too or move Upstate along the Hudson River?
> Where are the British? They defeated the Dutch, took over New York,
> killed off the remaining Indians, and built an important seaport city. There
> remains a few buildings from the British rule but not much else.
> Then during the Revolutionary War, the British destroyed much of New York
> and even less of their presence remained after we achieved our independence.
> So, similar to Czernowitz and the rest of Bukovina, any Indian, Dutchman,
> or Englishman who comes to New York to visit sites which date back to their
> presence here, would be hard pressed to find any. There are few people here
> who can trace their heritage back 300+ years. Probably 90% of New Yorkers
> are descendants of immigrants from 1850 to the present.
> And in a few years, New York won't even be a Jewish city anymore. With
> all the non-Jewish immigrants moving in and the aging Jews fleeing to the
> South to retire, or the young Jews moving to the suburbs to escape rising
> crime and bad schools, Jewish life in New York will wind up a distant
> memory.
> Lloyd
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