Joe Poras writes:I have attached a picture of my grandfather taken just about one hundred years ago. From the beautiful fountain in the background which is located in some park, would you know if this was taken in Czernowitz or Vienna and where?
Do you recognize the place this photo was taken?
Joe
Ever heard the Yiddish expression Kimpeturn ? Something like German Woechnerin. It has to do with child birth and lying in bed before ,during or afterthe process.
This was a many weeks process in old times.(The girls of the group can elaborate). As this involved certain inconveniences the classic quote relates :” Wie a Kimpeturn afn Nachtgeschirr “.Nachtgeshirr was a chamber pot.
As this involved some acrobatics the quote referred to clumsinessin general.” Er dreit sich arim wie …( see quote).”
(He behaves like …( see above).)
Hardy
This email was received today from Michal Apter-Lecker <micola@biu.013.net.il>:
Please help identify these people.
“This photo was taken about 1936 in Czernowitz, by – Jacob Broll … Ferdinand 38 ? I do recognize only one person – Yosef-Yoshko Orenstein – the 2nd. to the left. Maybe you can help identify the others?”Please reply to the address above.
Bruce
Edgar Hauster just sent this message to Jerome and I:
“I’ve discovered an interesting article for our section “The Temple at Czernowitz”, released by “Allgemeine Bauzeitung” in Vienna for the year 1882. The article (pdf) covers the building history adding 5 very fine drawings (jpg’s).”Kudos go to Edgar for his research skills in finding this excellent article. Click on the link below to view the article and click on the thumbnails with this post to view the excellent drawings of the Temple.Bruce Reisch1882 Temple Article
Temple drawing – image 2
Temple drawing – image 3
Temple drawing – image 5
Image 1 – Temple drawing
http://i056.radikal.ru/0909/bd/d551cc17af84.jpg
Where Putyla river meets Cheremosh river stands a rock. Sheer 30 meters up. The Petrified Bahachka. Legend tells story of very rich and mean woman. A Bahachka that is. Peasant woman living nearby had beautiful daughter who was serf to Bahachka. Once when woman hungry she went to see Bahachka to beg for daughter and for bread. Instead the Bahachka threw to her stone, big as bread. Instantly Bahachka turned into rock. 30 meters tall. Where Putyla river meets Cheremosh. In the heart of Hutzul country, Bukovina.
Further down on Cheremosh is rock called “Zhaba”, that is frog. http://i050.radikal.ru/0909/e2/392fc41e895a.jpg All this not far away from from Twin City on Cheremosh (not Mississippi) that is Vizhnitz and Kuty. Here was border between Moldova and Polish before Austrians came. Border good for Jewish tradesman make good business. Therefore many Jews and great Rabbis of Vishnitz dynasty. Baal Shem Tov also went lost in woods for days. Before he turned holy.
Hardy
On a peaceful winter morning , the front was quiet but then at 7 sharp:
In a two pronged break- out from two strongholds the troops moved outswiftly.By 8 they met at plot 68 . The encirclement was complete.All the encircled troops put down their arms and surrendered theterritory.Operation Winterstorm was over.Hardy
Recently, Anny Matar and others wrote about the Rotating Chicken on the Cz-L list.
Here’s a snippit of what Anny wrote: […]I dreaded Yom Kippur becausemy Zazia, as we called grandfather, turned the chickens over our heads andwe had to say:”Mir zum Leben dir zum Tod” (me to life and you to death) and that was a terrible thing, never to be forgotten. Then the Shohat came, by then I was as far and as fast as my feet could carry me when I only saw that man……)!!!
Now my question is: from what did this originate; and what is the meaning; and why a chicken? Enquiring minds want to know!
Best,
jerome
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After receiving all the explanations on the progressin the cemetery work by: Mimi Taylor, Edgar Hauster, Berti Glaubach, Julia Myasicheva. Here is my reaction:
Hardy
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