Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 4, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Ken wrote: > On May 3, 2007, at 5:58 PM, Lottermoser George wrote: > >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6j0ynkR8Ic> >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george@imagist.com > > I've bookmarked that to show to my "sweetheart" who's Jewish. When I > first told her about this, she had no idea of it, nor did she know > about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, et.al. > > Herr Leitz stands in my mind as one of the shining examples of what > my own faith is all about. > > Thanks for sharing this with us, George. I speculate that Leica's Freedom Train may well explain the dominance of Jewish owned camera stores in the New York area.(and also Chicago and Los Angeles). B&H, Wall St. Camera, Adorama, Olden Camera, Brooklyn Camera are all owned an operated by Orthodox Jews. Many processing and repair firms are also Jewish owned. Most close early on Friday evening and shut down entirely during the week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This may also explain the inconsistency about my father's view of German products. He strongly approved of my buying a Leica while in college soon after WW2 but definitely disapproved of my consideration of a Volkswagen. Larry Z