tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post6958904184043541358..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: Mrs. Julian Nathan's meeting with R. Chaim Leib Auerbach in 1922Mississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-48957563152725947302013-05-21T02:57:08.369-04:002013-05-21T02:57:08.369-04:00A little googling and a hunch turned up some inter...A little googling and a hunch turned up some interesting information about Mr. and Mrs. Julian Nathan. Julian (1850-1936) was a son of Benjamin Nathan, an “Our Crowd” aristocrat whose 1870 murder remains one of New York’s great unsolved mysteries. Julian’s brother Washington Nathan was a prime suspect, but nothing was ever proved. (Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was a relative and namesake.) Mrs. Julian Nathan’s name is given as Sarah Friedman Nathan, which indicates that she was indeed the daughter of R. Aaron Zvi Friedman, author of Tub Taam. This also makes her my grandfather’s aunt. I believe she was the one known to the family as “Aunt Sadie.” Family lore describes her as a grande dame who was snobbishly proud of her yichus by marriage and as not terribly frum. She reportedly once challenged my grandfather’s wearing of a yarmulke. The fact that she took such an interest in Palestine and actually met with R. Auerbach comes as a pleasant surprise to me.Dan Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-71984156570172701542013-05-21T00:16:14.126-04:002013-05-21T00:16:14.126-04:0080 is very close in relative terms, Bimhera Veyame...80 is very close in relative terms, Bimhera Veyameinu. Alternatively, 9/11 could be considered the beginning of the end of the exile.yeranenyaakovnoreply@blogger.com