RE: Where are you from?

[David & Susan Esterman <estermans...>]

Hi
I am proud to be a fourth generation Kiwi of French, Scottish and English
extraction. (Most of us downunder types are hybrids, and I'm no exception!)
I find this list to be one of the best discoveries I have yet made, and I
thank you all for your willingness to share - it is of great value to me as
there are no huge local resources for us to draw on here, and we are helped
greatly by the interaction of this list.
Chag sameach to you all - may you have a happy and kosher Pesach
Sue in New Zealand

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of George Robinson
Sent: Tuesday, 26 March 2002 7:38 p.m.
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Re: Where are you from?

I'm proud to say that I was born in Poughkeepsie and was the first baby
named in the then-new Reform synagogue there. We moved to Long Island
(the Five Towns) when I was seven and I had the misfortune of growing up
there, escaping to NYC every chance I got. Went to college and grad
school in the city -- Columbia, by the way -- and have lived in
Manhattan ever since.

Or as my wife always says, "we live on a small island off the coast of
North America." Just not far enough off.

In terms of Jewish geography, my father's people were from Russia --
mostly around Minksk, I gather; my mother's were German and Austrian.
I'm half-a-yekke, which means I'm punctual half the time.

George (from Hunger) Robinson


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