Re: [Cz-L] Zastavna-Translation Part I

Dear Miriam,

Thank you for the beautiful translation of the article.

This historical account serves as a reminder that there was a
long-standing, thriving Jewish presence in all large villages and in all
small towns of Bukovina before WWII. It also succinctly explains how this
presence ceased to exist.

Is it possible to translate the whole article and to put it on the website
under Stories, History & Documents?

This historical account would become a living memorial dedicated to all
obliterated Jewish communities of Bukovina.

Serah Kraft

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 9:24 AM
Subject: [Cz-L] Zastavna-Translation Part I

> Here the translation of the the first part of the article about Saztavna:
>
> Saztavna my small town
>
> by Ze'ev Jagendorf
>
> The location is marked by a a rich rural vista, rich and fruitful soil.
> The houses are immersed between tall and green sprouting trees.
> The fields are crowned by walls of golden ears of corn, her lots of land
> are wrapped in fresh lawns. Her alleys are saturated with the smells
> of the season,scents of hay, trees and the products of the fields.
> The symbol of the town used to be the fish pond into which poured
> all the water from the springs of the area.
> That is why the name of the town is Saztavna, which in Ukrainian means
> next to the pond.
>
> The population used to be about 12 000 people. Most of them Ruthenian
> and Polish peasants employed in Agriculture and about 200 Jewish
> families'
> who made their living as traders, clerks, doctors, artisans and lawyers.
> There had been a Jewish presence in the town since the 17th century.
> In my search for source-material, found an official list from 1802, in
> which
> are included Jewish names (Dorf, Bauer) of people whos occupation
> was in agriculture.
>
> The Jewish community flourished during the Austrian and Romanian times.
> The institutions of the town were influenced by the proximity to
> Czernowitz,
> the provincial capital and this city's standard of living. There they
> learned
> how to run a community which helps its members in all matters.
> A glorious synagogue was built and the only bath-house in the area.
> Of special prominence was the Hebrew school "Safa Ivria" in which
> well know teachers like Shim'on Kimmelfeld, Chayim Yampolski,
> Chayim Grossmann, Hilel Har-Shoshanim, Rabinowitz and Ludwig taught.
> From this school came Hebrew speaking young people, who knew the Bible
> and were equipped with the idea of renewal and who devoted themselves
> to the work of building a nation and a homeland.
>
> Of course, there also was a Heder of "Talmud Torah", in which the
> teaching
> was done by R. Benjamin Braunstein and M. Stern.
> For a short time there also was a mixed Gymnasium, founded by the local
> Jews
> and meant to be used by all children of the locality. The head of this
> gymnasium
> was the well known Prof. M. Lockspeiser.
> In general there was in this school a desire for spiritual values.
>
> From the students of the school there came into being an amateur group of
> actors
> who under the practiced hand of Prof. Grossmann produced plays by Dr.
> Herzel
> and Shalom Aleichem on the stages of the halls of Linker and Dom Polski.
> The income from these performances were solely devoted to the maintenance
> of
> the Hebrew school and assistance to the poor of the town.

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