MY SAY: GRATITUDE TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, Italy. His first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life. Columbus participated in several other expeditions to Africa. 1492, Columbus left Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña along side. He opened up the Americas to European colonization.
A YIDDISH SONG IN TRIBUTE TO COLUMBUS
THERE WAS AN OLD YIDDISH SONG NAMED “LEBEN SOL COLUMBUS” TRANSLATED TO MEAN “COLUMBUS SHOULD LIVE” A TRIBUTE TO THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED AMERICA WHICH BECAME A HAVEN FOR MILLIONS SEEKING FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY. FOR JEWS IT BECAME THE ONLY NATION IN THE ENTIRE DIASPORA WHERE JEWS COULD FIND SECURITY, PROTECTION BY LAW AND THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP IN PEACE.
ABRAHAM ROSENSTEIN WAS THE VOCALIST IN 1916. HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY!!!
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700002432/B-17402-Leben_sol_Columbus_Leyben_zol_Columbus
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