Re: [Cz-L] The Lost Synagogues of Czernowitz

Another not minimal factor was: How could one believe in God, after
the Holocaust?

Mimi
On Mar 21, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Jacob Greenberg wrote:

> The most ridiculous situation was in the 1960s, just before the
> great exodus, when there were around 70.000 Jews in Chernovtsy and
> surrounding towns and there was only one tiny synagogue in the
> Jewish quarter.
>
> Definitely, Czernowitz Jews weren't overtly religious, The Russia
> born forgot what it was all about and even the Bessarabians and
> Romanians were drinking vodka and didn't feel the urge to pray and
> keep kosher.
>
> Yes, there was oppression and the after-effects of the war and the
> Holocaust but still, that unanimous compliance is hard to explain.
> I don't think it was fear. Emancipation, maybe?
>
> Serah Kraft
>
>

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