tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post5522279311338217020..comments2024-03-25T00:15:56.707-06:00Comments on Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog: Roots Travel: Grave MisstepsSchelly Talalay Dardashtihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930641777765846278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post-75770116674089387752009-08-09T05:28:04.859-06:002009-08-09T05:28:04.859-06:00Interseting article.
30 years ago, as a teenager...Interseting article. <br /><br />30 years ago, as a teenager, and knowing nothing about genealogy, I began to think of my grandfather's parents generation, all orthodox Lithuanian Jews. Having been brought up traditionally, but not observant, it occurred to me that I was only the third generation in my family to be non orthodox.<br /><br />This thought spurred me on to become observant, enter a yeshiva, and learn the Hebrew and Yiddish of my ancestors. Only later did I become interested in actual genealogy, but now I realize how that nascent interest brought me to what I am today, with a large family all fluent in Hebrew and Yiddish. To a large extent, we have more in common with our Litvish ancestors than we do with our contemporary cousins.Alternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post-83208060186786363802009-08-08T02:36:52.356-06:002009-08-08T02:36:52.356-06:00Having been to ancestral towns in Lithuania, there...Having been to ancestral towns in Lithuania, there's more to it than what can be learned online or n museums nearer home. Returning to these towns shows our ancestors we remember and shows the locals we have not forgotten the rich Jewish civilisation in which our ancestors participated for centuries in these towns and villages.<br /><br />And you can't replace the feeling of walking along these ancestral streets, breathing the same air they did, seeing the same hills and rivers, and (hopefully)touching the same synagogue walls and visiting the same graves.Harvey L Kaplan, Glasgow, Scotlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post-91857538516454003452009-08-08T01:11:30.459-06:002009-08-08T01:11:30.459-06:00I agree Schelly, a very interesting article, that ...I agree Schelly, a very interesting article, that encapsulates many of the challenges American Jews face in rediscovering their roots. A great 'case study', although I strongly disagree with the author's decision to include what appears to be his disillusionment with and alienation to Judaism and Israel in his article. But since he's the author, he can write what he wants, editor-allowing. And his sentiments are definitely representative of the majority of young American Jews nowadays, for sure. -EricUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851377262620397434noreply@blogger.com