Jack (Yankel) SANDLER

Birth:
9 Dec 1898
Staraya, Sinyava, Ukraine
Death:
18 Jun 1983
N. Miami Beach, Dade, Florida
Burial:
Beth Moses, Pinelawn, Long Island, New York
Marriage:
Russia
Father:
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Mother:
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                   HE WAS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AND WENT BACK TO RUSSIA TO GET HIS FAMILY. WHILE HE WAS THERE HE FELL IN LOVE WITH TANYA MACHAGAN.  HE WAS A COMMUNIST.
HE WAS A DRESSMAKER IN A CHRISTIAN DIOR DRESS FACTORY.
FROM INFORMATION ON FL DEATH CERTIFICATE 83-053705 BY AUDREY SANDLER.
PLACE OF BIRTH FROM AUDREY SANDLER FRANKENBURG.
FROM AUDREY SANDLER FRANKENBURG (AUGUST 1992) -" HE APPARENTLY HAD ALHEIZMERS DISEASE WHICH GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AFTER HIS SON BERNIE DIED AND WHEN TANIA BECAME ILL HE JUST GAVE UP EATING AND DIED VERY QUICKLY.
       JACK SERVED IN THE RED ARMY.
       JACK BROKE HIS TOES IN ORDER NOT TO BE DRAFTED IN RUSSIA -WWI.  HE LEFT HOME CROSSED THE BORDER INTO POLAND AND PROCEEDED ON TO CUBA IN 1921.  HE STAYED THERE
FOR 2 YEARS.  AND IT WAS IN CUBA THAT HE MET AN OLD 'LANZMAN' FROM RUSSIA WHO HAD AN EXTRA PASSPORT TO THE U.S.  HIS SON HAD DIED AND JACK WAS ABOUT HIS SON'S AGE.
       JACK'S FATHER WAS A CUSTOM TAILOR BY TRADE.  I WAS TOLD THAT THE FAMILY LIVED A RATHER COMFORTABLE LIFE IN RUSSIA.  THE SANDLERS LIVED IN A LARGE HOME WITH A WOODEN PORCH (I GUESS A PORCH WAS A LUXURY AT THAT TIME)
       JACK WORKED IN THE SWEAT SHOPS IN NYC AND SAVED HIS MONEY AND RETURNED FOR A VISIT TO RUSSIA IN 1928 WHERE HE MET TANIA.
       JACK WAS NOT PLEASED WHEN HE LEARNED OF HIS BROTHER SOLOMAN'S DESIRE TO COME TO AMERICA.  WHEN HE AND TANIA VISITED SAM IN RUSSIA JACK TRIED TO DISCOURAGE HIM FROM COMING HERE.  JACK FELT THAT LIFE WOULD BE DIFFICULT HERE AND THAT THE PROPOGANDA ABOUT "OPPORTUITY" IN THE USA WAS UNTRUE.  HE BELIEVED IN COMMUNISM AND FELT HIS FAMILY SHOULD REMAIN IN RUSSIA AND HELP MAKE COMMUNISM A REALITY.  I REMEMBER JACK'S BROTHER REMARKING THAT JACK WAS STILL A BOLSHEVIK.  JACK NEVER CHANGED HIS DEEP BELIEF IN THE COMMUNISTIC SYSTEM AND NO MATTER WHAT HE READ IN THE PAPERS, HEARD ON THE NEWS, OR HEARD FROM THE LIPS OF HIS BROTHER, HE NEVER DOUBTED HIS BELIEF IN COMMUNISM.
      JACK SANDLER WAS AN ARCH SUPPORTER OF COMMUNIST RUSSIA AND HE AND TANIA AND THEIR TWO SONS LIVED A SPARTAN LIFE IN NYC.  THEY MOVED FROM THE BRONX TO BRIGHTON BEACH, BROOKLYN IN ABOUT 1937 AND REMAINED IN THEIR TWO ROOM APARTMENT TO THE END OF THEIR LIVES.  THEY HAD WONDERFUL FRIENDS OF THE SAME POLITICAL PERSUASION."
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                   SHE ARRIVED IN THE U.S. ABOUT 1929 WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT 19 YEARS OLD.
FROM AUDREY SANDLER FRANKENBURG -" TANIA AS A YOUNG GIRL LIVED IN RUSSIA WITH HER SISTER (LAME) AND HER MOTHER.  HER FATHER HAD ALREADY DIED.  NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY WERE VERY POOR. SHE HAD SOME FORMAL EDUCATION IN RUSSIA.  SHE ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC, EVEN AS A CHILD.  TANIA MET JACK SANDLER IN RUSSIA WHEN JACK HAD RETURNED FOR A VISIT AFTER LIVING IN THE U.S.  JACK MET TANIA THROUGH HIS SISTER SHAVA (WHO STILL LIVES IN RUSSIA).  HE WAS TRAVELING THROUGHT MASBOZ ON HIS WAY HOME TO THE U.S.  TANIA WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL & SWEET YOUNG GIRL AND HE IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE WITH HER.  SHE HAD AUBURN HAIR AND GREEN EYES.  TANIA LEFT RUSSIA WITH JACK AND HER MOTHER AND SISTER DIED AFTERWARDS DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
       TANIA HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY OPERATIC VOICE AND WHEN HER CHILDREN WERE OLDER SHE BEGAN TO SING PUBLICLY FOR JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, AT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND IN THE PUBLIC PARKS IN NYC.  SHE WAS ADMIRED & LOVED BY HER SELECT 'CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUALLY PROGRESSIVE' FRIENDS.  HER CONCERTS WERE OFTEN REVIEWED IN THE YIDDISH PAPERS.  SHE SPOKE YIDDISH, RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH AND SAING IN THOSE LANGUAGES."
Children
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                   SS NO. 109-24-3393
FROM AUDREY SANDLER FRANKENBURG (AUGUST 1992) -"BERNIE AND I WERE MARRIED ON DEC 11 1958.  WE ELOPED AND LATER WERE MARRIED IN A VERY SMALL JEWISH CEREMONY.
       BERNIE WAS AN ENTERPRISING BUSINESSMAN.  HE WAS ALSO VERY TALENTED, VERY SENSITIVE, KIND & INTELLIGENT.  LIKE HIS MOTHER HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE AND LIKE HIS FATHER HE WAS ARTISTIC AND EXCEPTIONALLY HANDY.  HE SKETCHED, PAINTED IN OILS AND WAS ALSO A VERY TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER."
       FROM AUDREY (NOV 1992) " HE WAS EDUCATED AT BROOKLYN CITY COLLEGE IN NYC. HE GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS AFTER BEING PRE-DENTAL AND AN ENGINEERING MAJOR.  HE WAS AN EXCELLENT STUDENT.  HE WAS MULTI-TALENTED AND EXCELLENT IN MATH.
       AS A CHILD HE HAD TO BE CREATIVE SINCE HIS PARENTS WERE POOR AND COULD NOT AFFORD TO BUY HIM MUCH. HE WHITTLED HIS OWN CHESS SET, TRACED STAMPS FOR HIS STAMP COLLECTION FROM ENVELOPES AND SET UP A DARK ROOM IN THE BATHROOM.  THE SMALL APARTMENT (2 1/2 ROOMS) WAS ALWAYS FILLED WITH POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS AND IN THE BACKGROUND OPERA WAS HEARD CONSTANTLY ON THE RADIO.
       BERNIE WENT TO A YIDDISH SCHOOL.  I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL WAS CALLED 'KINDER RING' ADN HE SPOKE, READ, AND SANG YIDDISH.  AS A CHILD HE SANG IN CLASS PLAYS AND LATER WHEN WE WERE MARRIED HE SANG AT UJF FUNCTIONS IN STAMFORD.
       BERNIE'S PARENTS DURING THE DEPRESSION MOVED FROM APARTMENT TO APARTMENT BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT PAY THE MONTHLY RENT.  AT ONE POINT I AM TOLD THEY LIVED OUT OF ORANGE CRATES. FINALLY THEY SETTLED IN BRIGHTON BEACH.
       WE MET IN 1958 ON NANTUCKET ISLAND, MASS.  WE ELOPED AFTER KNOWING EACH OTHER FOR 3 1/2 MONTHS - BECAUSE OF FAMILY DIFFERENCES REGARDING POLITICS AND RELIGION.  AFTER OUR HONEYMOON IN MIAMI WE RETURNED AND WERE MARRIED BY AN ORTHODOX RABBI IN HIS APARTMENT UNDER A CHUPAH.
      WE MOVED TO STAMFORD WITH OUR TWO SONS BECAUSE BERNIE TRAVELED IN CT AND IT WAS APPEALING TO MOVE TO CT. AND ENJOY A MORE SUBBURBAN LIFE.
      IF IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS WHAT A SPECIAL PERSON BERNIE WAS.  HIS MOTHER REFERRED TO HIM AS A 'GITA NASUMAH' WHICH MEANS 'GOOD SOUL'  HE WAS MY SOURCE OF HOPE AND LOVE AND STRENGTH.  HE WAS TOTALLY DEVOTED TO HIS FAMILY AND WHEN HE DIED SO SUDDENLY AND SO YOUNG IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GO ON WITHOUT HIM.
      BERNIE WAS ACTIVE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PART IN STAMFORD, B'NAI BRITH ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE AND AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS.  HE SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR TWO YEARS AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY, AFTER THE KOREAN WAR."
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                   FROM AUDREY SANDLER FRANKENBURG (AUGUST 1992)-" HE MARRIED SONJA GEDIN FROM SWEDEN ON HIS TRAVELS THROUGH EUROPE.  THEY BOTH RETURNED TO NY WHERE HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 25.  HE WAS A VERY SENSITIVE, GENTLE AND TROUBLED YOUNG MAN.  HE WROTE BEAUTIFUL POETRY AND WAS A TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER."
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Jack (Yankel) Sandler - Blocked

Jack (Yankel) Sandler was born at Staraya, Sinyava, Ukraine 9 Dec 1898.

He married Blocked at Russia .

They were the parents of 2 children:
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Jack (Yankel) Sandler died 18 Jun 1983 at N. Miami Beach, Dade, Florida .