積丹尼的祖先 Dan Jacobson's Ancestors


1900年代初期, 我祖先由東歐移美國。 其來自: In the early 1900's my ancestors immigrated from eastern Europe to the USA. They were from:

今地名 Current place name 方位 Dir 今國名 Current country 經緯度 Lon/Lat
切爾諾夫策 Chernovtsy 西南 SW 烏克蘭 Ukraine 26E 48N
Kamen Kashirsky, N of 科韋利 Kovel 西北 NW 烏克蘭 Ukraine 25E 51N
蘇瓦烏基 Suwalki 東北 NE 波蘭 Poland 23E 54N
考納斯 Kaunas 立陶宛 Lithuania 24E 55N

未離歐者戰後無跡。 Those that didn't leave Europe were wiped out in the wars.

They were all Jewish, but my dad wasn't, my mom isn't, and I am not.

祖先均猶太人。 但父母與我則絕對不是猶太人。

Whoops, my mom 11/2005 notes:

Well now, people of Jewish religious/cultural background who came here from (mostly) eastern Europe -- and their children -- who GAVE UP their religious practices/beliefs -- call themselves "secular" Jews. It was and is usually a political thing, i.e., a conscious rejection of traditional, non-democratic, authoritarian and non-scientific values which traditional "western" religions are made up of -- and which secular Jews want none of. (Also didn't and don't want anything to do with Jewish nationalism -- in modern times this has to do with supporting the State of Israel's expansion, etc.)

So thinking about it, dad and I would never deny being of Jewish heritage, i.e., background -- how can one deny one's background/heritage/birth? --hence, "dad wasn't" and "mom isn't" is not correct.

So I would rephrase that sentence to something like: "parents non-religious" (That leaves your own description to be figured out, but I would guess it's the same. You could say "family non-religious".)

我有忘祖的權利。 另中文媒體至今仍出現某血統特別聰明等說法, 此如憑星座、 相鼠相羊等, 不科學。

讀者:原來你是斯拉夫人!驚奇的發現。

您應該知道住在斯拉夫區的猶太族不認為自己是斯拉夫人。

我也不是猶太人。 可見把人歸類蠻危險。


積丹尼Dan Jacobson

Last modified: 2006-03-16 05:55:41 +0800