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Scrapping my old family-history memoir and writing a new one, I begin with the following conversation that I had with an acquaintance. I begin with this particular conversation because it'll help you understand why Alan Jackson's "Remember When" is really my Czarnecki great-grandparents' story, and their story is (if you will) the linchpin story in my family story—that is, the story that connects the other one and really makes up my family history. Of course, I'm well aware that almost everyone (as can be seen on the YouTube version of "Remember When") could, would, or even did say that this is their story, or their relative's story, or whoever else's story. Nonetheless, you would see that (as I saw that) "Remember When" was written almost as if Alan Jackson knew my family story well before I did and even continued to probe into my family history to complete the song.
For copyright reasons (and, incidentally, part of which adds to my disdain for Ann Stuart and the Copyright Act of 1708-1710), I cannot get into a breakdown of the lyrics. However, you will be able to break down the lyrics for yourself and find my Czarnecki great-grandparents' story in them when you read their story (and, incidentally again, I guess that Ms. Stuart forgot the wisdom of another monarch—an ancient Jewish monarch by the name of Shlomo ben David—to whom I may be related, as you will find out, by the way. Also, "the wisdom of...Shlomo ben David" is actually the wisdom of Yehovah [Blessed be He.]—and I will make clear throughout that I—as many of my relatives did and do—believe that the Bible is the inerrant, infallible God in written form Himself.).
Meanwhile, here is the conversation that started the rewriting of this memoir (and it heavily indicates that my Messianic Jewish beliefs define who I am, how I view my family history, and every other factor in my life and background):
(By the way, I have a Facebook page and a separate Facebook account for my public work and other public activities—I urge family to reach out to me on my private account. Also, good luck to the family who want to sue me—nothing that I have stated is untrue or even uninferable; you did not copyright our family history or the pictures that you provided, and I am as much a part of our family or families as you are. As Dad, of all people, told Pop-Pop, "You can't change history".)
For copyright reasons (and, incidentally, part of which adds to my disdain for Ann Stuart and the Copyright Act of 1708-1710), I cannot get into a breakdown of the lyrics. However, you will be able to break down the lyrics for yourself and find my Czarnecki great-grandparents' story in them when you read their story (and, incidentally again, I guess that Ms. Stuart forgot the wisdom of another monarch—an ancient Jewish monarch by the name of Shlomo ben David—to whom I may be related, as you will find out, by the way. Also, "the wisdom of...Shlomo ben David" is actually the wisdom of Yehovah [Blessed be He.]—and I will make clear throughout that I—as many of my relatives did and do—believe that the Bible is the inerrant, infallible God in written form Himself.).
Meanwhile, here is the conversation that started the rewriting of this memoir (and it heavily indicates that my Messianic Jewish beliefs define who I am, how I view my family history, and every other factor in my life and background):
Ever been in the
states?
10/4,
2:02am
Oh yes.
I'm still in them.
I was born in the Diaspora.
I plan to make aliyah as soon as Netanyahu and Likud find
their government collapsed on themselves.
10/4,
2:03am
Whr is that?
10/4,
2:04am
Netanyahu and his
government don't allow Messianic or Patrilineal Jews to make aliyah as Jews.
We have to call ourselves gentiles of Jewish descent or
convert, and I won't do either.
10/4,
2:05am
oh i have to google
this.
10/4,
2:05am
They even let Yad
L'Achim infiltrate the Interior and Foreign Affairs Ministries.
Good idea.
I had to learn a lot by Googling and following the news,
etc. myself.
I even had no clue that my dad is Jewish.
10/4,
2:06am
Well if your in new york
10/4,
2:07am
Yep. He still gets
mad at me for finding out. When I told him that, e.g., his paternal grandmother
(Mary Trudniak Czarnecki)'s dad's maternal family (the Nagys) converted because
of Anti Semitism, etc., he was like, "I don't want to go there." and
"You can't ascribe motives to" why they converted.
10/4,
2:08am
Also, for years, this
is the story that I got...
10/4,
2:08am
Wow girl i feel for
ya!!!
10/4,
2:09am
Anthony Czarnecki, a
relative or even descendant of Polish-Lithuanian szlachta Stefan Czarniecki,
comes over here as an adult and marries Mary Trudniak. He serves in Korea
I feel more for them. They miss the richness of our real
story by denying it.
Real story, beginning with Tony (as they called him)...
10/4,
2:10am
hhmmmm allot of rich
history; shouldbe made into a book.
10/4,
2:11am
I tried to do that
for a while, actually. Once I can put more of the story together (Oy vey!),
I'll pick up writing it down back up.
10/4,
2:12am
So go back into it
might even turn out to be a movie!!
10/4,
2:13am
It could be. I have
thought about that.
Especially since my last Fosko-Rusnak great-granduncle (of
blessed memory) just died.
10/4,
2:14am
Don't waste time,
move with the spirit and put ypu heart and soul into it. You have a gold mind
here!!! What you waiting for??
your
10/4,
2:15am
Point taken. You're
right.
I gotta figure out where to get started.
10/4,
2:16am
Anyway, beginning
with Tony: a Czernecki boy was born in Cuman , Poland (Tsuman ,
Ukraine
10/4,
2:17am
Start where it
hurts!! Im a filmaker.We have a thing we say in the field the first 10 minutes
should be shocking to the viewer.
10/4,
2:18am
They joined other
Crypto-Jewish family over in America
I don't know who came
with the group to America NE PA. Your Great
Grandfather had a few cousins living within 50 miles of Wilkes-Barre
but none that were mentioned living in Patterson ,
NJ Poland to
visit family and mail was occasionally received by them from family in Poland
The move from Poland 207 Freed Street
I never seen nor did
anyone mention anything special brought from Poland Poland
There was very little
discussion of the Polish life and family. Usually, when there was, it was a
brief mention of the farm that was left behind. There did not seem to be any
regrets about leaving for a better life. After all , they settled among Polish,
Slavic, Hungarian, Lithuanian, and Ukrainian people just like themselves.
Similar language, similar customs, similar faces, houses, churches, etc. But
life was much better than on the farm. They were quite happy in America Poland
Periodically a church
pastor would run a heritage trip back to Poland
There was not very
much correspondence with the Polish family. Only an infrequent letter. There
were no exchanges other than through the Polish
Church which would have clothing
drives and send clothes to Poland
10/4,
2:19am
That's only part of
the e-mail. But we didn't write and they didn't write. Once the Holocaust was
over and they made aliyah, they wrote to us only to ask for the farm back.
Otherwise, all contact was done through Bertha.
To them, they wanted nothing to do with us. We were minim
(heretics), koferim (apostates), and meshumadim (baptized koferim).
10/4,
2:20am
yes a book!!
10/4,
2:21am
Will do, and thanks
for the encouragement.
10/4,
2:21am
anytime!
10/4,
2:21am
Meanwhile, both the
Foskos (Foc(z)kos and Rus(z)n(y)aks) were Levites.
10/4,
2:22am
yea?
10/4,
2:23am
The great-granduncle
was Staff Sgt. Andrew Lewis ("Levi's"?) Rusnak (I just realized that.
I think that he changed it to "Louis".).
That's a long story, too.
So, Grandma's a Maternal Levite, and I have no clue what
Pop-Pop is.
All I know is that Dad is a Maternal Levite, maybe of kohen
descent.
10/4,
2:24am
Wow i want to chat
wit u in vid sometime we talk more deeply about this.
10/4,
2:25am
The kohenim would be
the Dudays ("Dudaj" or "Duday" means "horn" in
Hungarian and could allude to shofars.).
Ok. That'd be cool. And thank you for listening to my
story, by the way.
10/4,
2:26am
anytime babe
10/4,
2:27am
Thanks.
Have a good night, and thank you again.
10/4,
2:27am
you to lets talk
again around sun if its good 4 u?
10/4,
2:53am
That'd be great.
(By the way, I have a Facebook page and a separate Facebook account for my public work and other public activities—I urge family to reach out to me on my private account. Also, good luck to the family who want to sue me—nothing that I have stated is untrue or even uninferable; you did not copyright our family history or the pictures that you provided, and I am as much a part of our family or families as you are. As Dad, of all people, told Pop-Pop, "You can't change history".)
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