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An interesting contribution from a regular mailer | ||||
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of all, You asked me, whether I know some Justers in the UK Sorry I
don't. But perhaps You look for Yuster, written with "Y". Years ago I had a phone call from the USA by a Mr.Yuster, who told me that especially the still Jewish Justers, write they're name with "Y". The reason is, that in this form the pronunciation is the the same as it was in Jiddish or in German, the original form. Its interesting for me to learn to know, that some of the Justers you've found and as far as the know, confirm that their families come from Romania, where also as in Bulgaria lived a lot of Justers, nearly all of them Jewish confession. I myself was 1944 in Romania, in Bukarest and used the occasion to look for an uncle of mine, I never have seen before. So, I tried to find his address in the local telefonbook and I was highly surprised to find at least twenty pages of J. - It is not surprising to find our name in different countries, except Spain from where the "Marannen" tried to escape. If one choose the countries where they could take refuge You'll find on the first place the former Osmanian empire (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungaria, parts of Yugoslavia), further Netherland, a part of France (the Dauphiné) and Northern Germany, especially the "Hanse" towns, as Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck etc. They called they're new citizens "The Portugesians". All this regions have had something in common. They`re leader or princes welcomed the Jewish refugees with open arms, knowing the advantage and profit for the own country....and they were right. After the exodus from the Iberian peninsula, Spain and Portugal got into in economic crisis and became poor for many years. It is absolutely possible that for instance such refugees from Spain and Portugal landed in UK, coming perhaps from Northern Germany or Holland. As I see you are highly interested in this surprising history I attach You the information I got by the Museum of the Diasporah in Tel Aviv. Certainly you can send all I have written or send to you to the others, whoever belongs to the family J. At the end of my mail, I'll give you some details of me. I am seventy, married, have a daughter of 30, she is living and married in Paris. I am -naturally - retired and had - its funny - a very similar profession like yourself, I had a small publicity-agency, made mostly the designers and posters by myself Photographs with my Nikon too !! :-). And I was quite talented, as far as I can judge it. Ok! That's all for now. Excuse my mistakes I made but I am just out of form. Bye | | |
| Herbert from Austria |
| | |  | | Hello David, I am from Rosario (Santa Fe) Argentina. I received your mail and decided to contact you. I am not informed enough about the origin of our surname, but I know that my Great Grandfather came from Romania. I will investigate a little more and will tell you the news. Sorry for the English, but I nerver practise the language. Here is a photograph of a show in July. I play the piano. We play different styles of music:- Tango Bolero Rock Argentinian Folk Bossa Nova Jazz etc. My brother German, plays the guitar and the Bandoneon (a typical instrument of Tango Music. Yours sincerely Guillermo Guillermo Juster - jacojuster@yahoo.com.ar | |
| | Subject: Re: Greetings Okay, it's my turn. John Juster here, in Montreal, born and raised, but I haven't lived here in over 18 years. I'm the musician in Los Angeles. | |
| |  | For New Year's Eve, I am invited to accompany Roy Davis Jr. (a great House music DJ) on Saxophone and vocals, in what I understand is the biggest nightclub in Montreal, called Le Sauna. Thought I'd make all Justers proud. You are obviously all on my guest list. May a wonderful, loving and safe Christmas embrace us all. (Do we have any who celebrate Hanukkah?) Genuinely, John - lovedog@earthlink.net | | |
| | |  Escaping the massacres in 1941 Rumania, 778 hopeful Rumanian and Russian Jews embarked in Constanta Romania) on a tiny vessel of 45 meters, Struma, bound for Palestine and a better future. |  | |
| | She limped to Istanbul over three days where the tiny, woefully inadequate engine gave up. There she remained for 70 days. The British refused to grant permission for them to enter Palestine and the Turks would not let them repair the engine, disembark or remain in Turkey. With only the food and water supplied by the local Jewish community and no sanitary facilities, conditions on the unbearably cramped little ship rapidly deteriorated. On the evening of February 23rd 1942, Turkish police seized control of ship and towed it out into the Black Sea. With no engine, she drifted over night when at first light a Russian submarine sank her with a single torpedo. In all, 103 children, 269 women and 406 men died. Amongst them, 2 Justers: Mircea and Harry. An interesting footnote: a diving expedition was organized in 2000, to the wreck of Struma, and a documentary was filmed and broadcasted. The Struma Project site tells the story. | | |
| | | Dear David, I wasn't particularly interested in the family history, until a couple of months ago, when I received an e-mail from a young French woman, Marie Mercier. Turned out that her grandfather, Sebastien Juster, was from the same Moldavian city of Iasi as my grandfather, Moritz Juster. Moritz moved to Bucharest in 1928, and had 3 sons: my father, Vily, and his brothers Isac and Herman, both still living in Romania. Isac’s son, Stefan, is an Engineer and lives in Paris (you did publish an e-mail written by his wife, Irina); Herman's son, Alex, changed his last name to Yoresh, and lives in Jerusalem. |  | | |
| | | As for myself, I'm an architect living in Montreal since 1976; married to Adina and father of Karina (18) and Sandra (16). I read with interest the various stories posted on your site – in fact, I take this opportunity to congratulate you for your initiative; the variety of the testimonies is surprising. There clearly is a Jewish branch, mostly originating from northern Moldavia (that's a beautiful region in eastern Romania, extending to the Russian border).  "I am of course particularly interested in the stories of those Justers who could trace their ancestors to Iasi, as I am persuaded that eventually they all have a common ancestry"  The other Justers - American, Australian, British, Spanish, Portuguese, Quebequers - well, it would be fun to meet them sometime, as it is certain that we all have at least one thing in common... 2004 will also mark the 30th anniversary of my departure from Romania (I never went back since). "This brings us to your idea of a 2004 Rumanian reunion. It is a very exciting project; the logistics of the organization are difficult, but it could be a rewarding effort". I suggest you set up a separate page on your web site, to collect suggestions for activities, schedule, and a pre-registration form. I, for one, am definitely interested. Best regards, Radu Juster, Montreal - rajust@sympatico.ca | |