nonnidev

On Long Island, Sh’or Yoshuv Institute is giving new clothing donated by manufacturers and businesses to victims. I believe that the psychological impact of the disaster has victims so downtrodden that maybe a new item will lift their spirits just a bit. No one is poo-pooing donations. [We] still give to the National Jewish Council and the donations are taken gladly. The items from Sh’or Yoshuv are given with humility and kindness. On the whole, the situation is touchy. Accepting donated clothing and items when one has been self-sustaining his/her entire adult life is very difficult. It doesn’t mean that the person is being haughty, it goes to his/her being self-sufficient.

If thought of in that light, stepping into the victim’s shoes, then the thinking changes.

My family wouldn’t buy anything connected to the Daimler-Benz name (Y’S)…

Does anyone else feel this way, or is it just us?

Our memories go long and deep in my family.

Nonnidev is my ‘real’ name, that is what my grandchildren call me. However, I don’t get to post that in my comments to the news forum, there, my name is Anonymous. 🙁 Does anyone know how to change that, or is that up to the moderators?

(A Nonni is grandma in Italian, the other grandma is the Bubbe, the great-grandma is the Sabta, and the other great-grandma is the Giga…B’H!!!)