Re: [Cz-L] Stone with cross.

Dear Christian,

I have no information on Pepi Almogen's cofession except the picture
of the stone, but the latter clearly indicates that she was Jewish. A
traditional Hebrew inscription is both necessary and sufficient
evidence for this. In addition, her Jewish name, Peysil (a female
version of the Yiddish male name Peysakh) makes it abundantly clear
that she was born Jewish, because had she converted (the probability
for this in that place and time is indistinguishable from zero anyway,
but purely hypothetically) she would likely be given a Hebrew rather
than a Yiddish name.

Another piece of information: David Almogen (assuming he was Pepi's
husband - and I think it is almost certain) was active in Jewish
causes and wrote an interesting polemic against an anonymous
antisemitic treatise. The full text of his brochure is available
online from the Frankfurt university library:

http://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/download/pdf/112610?name=Worte%20der%20Abwehr%20Antwort%20auf%20die%20Briefe%20eines%20Ariers%20an%20einen%20Semiten

Best,
Iosif

On 1/7/13, Christian Herrmann <cyberorange_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> Dear Iosif,
>
> thank you for posting this examples. Still I'm not convinced. The pictures
> show stones that are made of one piece. And why is the "Czernowitz cross" so
> rectangular, so much adjusted and so much in the ratio of a Christian cross.
> Imagine you are a worker and just would like to fix something. Would you be
> so accurate? Would you care for something nobody would ever see? Wouldn't be
> some screws be enough?
>
> You are right, I'm right, I don't know. I promise to examine the stone in
> August more accurate and post the images.
>
> Do you have any ressources to find out about Pepi Almogens confession?
>
> Warm regards
> Christian
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 15:26:21 -0500
>> Von: iosif vaisman <iosif.vaisman_at_gmail.com>
>> An: Christian Herrmann <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>
>> CC: cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net, HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net,
>> Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu, merlek_at_videotron.ca
>> Betreff: Re: [Cz-L] Stone with cross.
>
>> Dear Christian,
>>
>> thank you very much for the higher resolution image (I actually wanted
>> to ask you if you have one) and for the other photos as well.
>>
>> I still think it is possible that we see a trace of a cross-shaped
>> fixture to hold a decoration like a bas-relief or a coat of arm. Here
>> is a couple of examples of what I mean from other cemeteries (in both
>> cases there is an attachement inside the wreath):
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bamberg_J%C3%BCdischer_Friedhof_016.JPG
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weiner_Samu_s%C3%ADrja.jpg
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Iosif
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