Comments on: Majer Bogdanski, Tailor, Bundist, Yiddishist, Composer & Singer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:47:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lawrence https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1498723 Mon, 16 Jan 2023 23:47:23 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1498723 Majer was my father’s older brother; my uncle. Thank you for your kind words. (My sister and I appear in our college photos, in the background of your photos of Majer.)

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196887 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 21:45:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196887 How amazing the human spirit. Despite all Majer went through during the war and especially with the loss of his family, his goodness and love of life shines out from these photographs. A privilege to have been able to read his story

]]> By: Lea https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196368 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 13:53:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196368 How miraculous and wonderful that kindness and goodwill can manifest in him (and us) no matter how hard life can be…

]]> By: Susan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196310 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 22:04:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196310 To both Sam Tanner and the gentle author – thank you so much for this glimpse into the life of a truly unique individual. It is impossible to imagine how one might have lived through all the difficult and terrible circumstances he experienced, and yet continue on with such enthusiasm and grace.

]]> By: Susan Levinson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196307 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 21:52:21 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196307 I was nearly reduced to tears after seeing the photos of Majer’s sweet smile and reading about the loss of his wife & family members. What a kind-hearted man! I wish I could have known him….

]]> By: Sophie Harris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196209 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:39:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196209 Thank you Sam for sharing your wonderful document of Majer’s life. I would truly love to hear him sing his Yiddish songs … is that possible??

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196163 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:40:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196163 Endurance and exuberance. I would give anything to see a boyhood photo of this amazing
gent. His smile reveals a “forever young” sense of delight.
I will hold this story in my pocket all day long.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196159 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:19:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196159 Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for sharing Sam Tanner’s study of Majer Bogdanski. What a life! What a smile!

]]> By: John Barrett https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196134 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:12:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196134 Yiddish music has that lovely bounce about it coupled with a harmonious voice over. These guys left a trail of their ancestry music from old mother Russia to the UK mainly by enforced movement through wars. Yiddish movement is here please we must keep its part of us now. Majer I have done my best for you up there. Shalom Aleichem no more darkness or shadows the light will always shine on you. John he’s a poet

]]> By: Amanda, Norfolk https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/14/majer-bojanski-tailor-bundist-yiddishist-composer-singer/#comment-1196101 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 08:37:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163919#comment-1196101 What an immense privilege to have been allowed in to the life, for just a moment, of such a fascinating, talented and brave man.

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