Re: [Cz-L] 600th celebrations

Dear all,

I am following your communication regarding the 600th celebrations and the
preservation of Jewish sites in Czernowitz.
I feel like some of you that the best?/only? way to deal with the issue is
through politicians putting pressure on the City leaders (especially that
such local leadership is usually temporary and the issues we are trying to
deal with are more "permanent"). With some "connections" which I have I
contacted the Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel as well as people in the
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in Kiev and am awaiting their preliminary
response. If such positive response arrives (which I think will be the case)
a clearer list of requests will have to be put forward. Many of you are
definitely more qualified then me (an Israeli-born member of a large family
 from Bukovina) to prepare such a wish list. I hope some of you will be ready
to think together about these wishes. Some of these, which might involve
need for resources, could also be put forward seeking support from various
prominent donors.

Shana Tova

Gadi

----- Original Message -----
From: "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>
To: "czernowitz-L" <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Cc: <herrmann_at_ijab.de>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Grabstein issue from Christian Hermann


Czernowitzers... I would like to follow up on Christian Hermann's post
which I sent to the list a few hours ago (see below).

It seems to me that the gravestone issue is a perfect example of something
solid and visible the City of Chernivtsi could latch on to that would show
the world outside that they respect and understand the Jewish history of
their city; that wouldn't cost much; and that is easy to do.

I'm thinking of a project to rescue the stones with care, and at the very
least transport them to the present Jewish cemetery. We would not be
asking them to rebuild the Temple, erect a monument or publish a book.

This is a symbolic, do-able project that should have meaning for us and
the City. I would like to think that the present Jewish community might
oversee a project like this, giving guidance as observers.

What we're asking is that the City not desecrate our dead -- period.

If it is the case that construction is proceeding (pictures on Gruss would
indicate so) then there isn't much time. How do we get our facts straight
about what exactly the City's plans are and contact the appropriate
parties?

What's next?

Best,
jerome

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Received on 2007-09-25 11:34:24