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The Great Londinsky
Family
The Londinsky
Family reunion
On June 25th, 2009, 56 Londinsky family members traveled to Atlanta,
Georgia for our seventh reunion. We were at the Wyndham
Peachtree Conference Center, just south of Atlanta. Family
members had traveled there from as far away as Buenos Aires,
Argentina and London, England, and from as close as Roswell and
Marietta, Georgia. Although this reunion was smaller than many
of ours in the past, we still had a great time and really got to
know one another. We played Londinsky Jeopardy, celebrated
Shabbat (and enjoyed the wonderful challahs made by Raina Nadler),
toured the city of Atlanta including the Georgia Aquarium, and had
our own American Idol karaoke entertainment at the final banquet.
Our next reunion will be in Boston, MA during the summer of 2011.
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Bottom row on floor - Left to right:
Eli Lind, Gabriel Hockey, Emma Hockey, Miriam Nadler, Niece
Levine,
Hadassah Sternfeld, David Sternfeld, Ariel Becker,
Max Becker,
Ben Bryant, Kevin Levine, Sam Bryant Row 1: Raina Nadler holding Kira, Jonathan Kober, Barbara Kober, Mauricio Londynski, Enrique Schestenger, Rebeca Londynski, Dolores Schneider, Fay Itzkowitz, Monie Itzkowitz, Sam Becker, Eleanor Kessler, Neil Schneider Row 2: Ben Nadler, Viviana Schestenger, Julie Hockey, Marilyn Morris, Renee Braun, Betty, Rob, Helene Braun, Jamie Becker, Judy Becker-Bryant, Annette Heller, Becki Heller, Carol Gorenberg, Myla Lind, Gary Lind, Coby Lind, Ellen Nadler, Barry Schneider Row 3: Harry Nadler, John Hockey, Scott Sternfeld, Bob Braun, Michael Braun, Tara Levine, Darren Levine, Bruce Becker, Dave Bryant, Mark Heller, Jack Heller, Jeff Gross, Chad Schneider.
On
July 26th, 2007, 70 Londinsky family members departed the Port
of Miami on the Carnival cruise ship, Imagination, for
stops in Key West, Florida and Calica, Mexico. Even though the
weather was hot, our family was able to enjoy many fun
activities both on the ship and on excursions.
We began the trip
with a spirited family trivia game and celebrated the Sabbath
together. We also celebrated the 60th wedding anniversary of
Helen and Jack Lewis (Yeruchem branch ).
The following was
You may have thought that Ronald Reagan was the Great Communicator, but you would be wrong, it was my Uncle Bill. When we were younger, we did not see him much, since after finishing college, he started a business in Chillicothe, Illinois, married Sherri and had three kids. Our family was always together for Passover- and for many other family events-either in Quincy, Peoria or St. Louis. However, both he and my Uncle Sam had developed what became known as the FAMILY LETTER. All five of the siblings exchanged letters, often weekly, with each other, with the help of carbon paper (if you’re old enough to remember what that was). It was too expensive to call and we all lived in different cities, with the exception of Aunt Mary and my mom, Esther. Years later, when Uncle Bill and family moved to Miami, we didn’t get to see them often. However, I know that he always wrote to my parents, so they stayed in touch. When the Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and weddings began, our contact became much more frequent. It was the computer, however, that really developed Uncle Bill’s communication skills. When he saw that not only his nieces and nephews, but also great nieces and nephews were computer literate, the challenge was given to all of us. It was our job to write a family letter to each of our cousins, uncles and nieces and nephews. We were given a schedule, and if you were tardy, you got a reminder e-mail from Uncle Bill. Then if you were really tardy, the guilt began, “What would your mother/grandmother have thought?” These letters kept us informed of each other’s doings, better than a once a year holiday letter ever could have. They kept a close family even closer. But the glue that did this was Uncle Bill. The computer also opened the world to Uncle Bill in ways some of us would never have expected. First of all were the jokes……….lots and lots of jokes. When Uncle Bill was hospitalized several years ago and during his recovery, the jokes stopped. When they started up again, we knew he was doing better! We even got one just a few weeks before he died. However, Uncle Bill used the computer for more than jokes. He became an on-line math tutor and helped many students master their math homework. He published the newsletter for his temple. I think that most of us would agree, though, that Uncle Bill’s greatest accomplishment in communication was what he did for the Londinsky family. 1930-2009 these were the years of Bill Becker’s life. When you see those dates, you might want to focus on the numbers, but what is even more important is to look at the dash between those years, what his dash was worth. When our mother, Esther (Bill’s Sister) died, he sat at her house gathering information from all of us about our family history. Later, he was able to transmit this information to our distant cousin Eleanor Kessler (in the UK) to complete the family history that she had compiled. Three years later, we held our first Londinsky family reunion. Bill Becker’s tireless efforts to contact everyone brought over 100 family members from all over the World to the Catskill Mountains. At that reunion, he presented us with a booklet containing the names and important information about more than 1000 family members. Over the last 12 years, that small booklet has grown to 89 pages with essays, pictures and updated information. This came about because of his tireless, unselfish efforts to contact people and encourage them to update information and to come to the reunions. Now we are not just cousins, many of us have become friends, from England, to Argentina, to Canada, to Israel and to Italy, we are one family. So today we remember the great communicator and make him a promise. We will continue his work and we will write those family letters.
What's to eat ...
If you're in the neighborhood, stop by
for lunch at Chutzpah, Eric Roller's deli in Fairfax, Virginia. You might also stop by Kupel's Bake & Bagel
in Brookline, MA, owned by Allan Kupelnick. And if
you prefer something sweet, there's Brigham's Ice Cream store in
Belmont, MA owned by Steve Kupelnick. Other family members in the
restaurant business are Jim Seidel who owns two Snarf's Sandwich Shops in Boulder, Colorado and Harold Mash,
who is in the restaurant business in Palo Alto, California.
Of Special Note ...
Passenger lists of those ships bringing immigrants to the
United States through Ellis Island are now available on the internet
at http://www.ellisislandrecords.org
Your News ...
Do you have some news of family members to report or do you
have some special event coming up which you would like to have posted here. Then send an email to
Ellen Nadler at
controljfg@aol.com with your information and it will be added to
our web site within days.
What do you remember?
Think back to some of the stories your parents and
grandparents may have told you about the "old days" when they
struggled to leave Poland or to make good in their new homes. Please write
those remembrances down and share them with us so we might capture in print those memories for our
children and grandchildren. We will make those memories part of the Londinsky Family book. Send your memories to
The following link
will take you to a historical story of our ancestors called:
The following
link will take you to a website of family videos
including family history and stories. You can click on the
name Family Videos
or the image.
The below link will take you to
the
Londinsky Family DNA Search
website
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