IN A CROWDED FIELD OF TALENT ...
Who has the Edge?
Historic Ties
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person they were born to become.
Local Horodokers join many
in New York for a gathering.
New York City
A
bout 50 New York City-area descendants and friends
of the shtetl David-Horodok gathered here recently at
the historic Eldridge Street Synagogue and Museum
on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The meeting, coincid-
ing with the 80th anniversary of the Metro Detroit David-
Horodok Organization, brought together interconnected
families, many with roots not only in David-Horodok, but
also in Detroit.
Organized by Roz Blanck of Franklin, co-president of
the organization, and Jonathan Zemmol, a NYC-based
Horodoker and former Detroiter, the meeting featured
speaker David Mazower, editorial director of the Yiddish
Book Center in Amherst, Mass. He spoke about the history
of the Landsmanshaft organizations and the region of David-
Horodok, which is now in Belarus.
The Eldridge Street Synagogue and Museum is a mag-
nificent National Historic Landmark now meticulously
restored. Built in 1887, the synagogue is the first great house
of worship built in America by Jewish immigrants from
Eastern Europe. Today, it is one of the only remaining mark-
ers of the great wave of
Jewish migration to the
Lower East Side that is
open to the public.
The David-Horodoker
Organization is primar-
ily active in the Detroit
area, with another active
chapter based in Israel. Its
purpose is to honor the
memories of families with
roots in David-Horodok
and the surrounding areas
by preserving and creating
memories for present and
New York City-area (and some Detroit) descendants
future generations.
from the shtetl David-Horodok, now in Belarus
This NYC meeting
was the first in the area
in many years, bringing together multiple generations of
Horodokers who live in New York and New Jersey. New York
once had a vibrant Landsmanshaft from David-Horodok and
its own synagogue, Agudas Achim Anshei David-Horodok,
based in Brooklyn.
For details on the local organization, contact Roz Blanck
at rkblanck@gmail.com. •
ABOVE: David
Mazower of the
Yiddish Book
Center speaks to
the NYC-based
descendants from
David-Horodok at
the Eldridge Street
Synagogue and
Museum in Lower
Manhattan. Many
of the attendees
also have roots
in Detroit and
are members of
the Detroit-based
David-Horodoker
Organization.
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