Personal Introduction for Jerome Schatten

The Cz-L WebMeister was born in the Bronx NYC in 1937, the first child of Emanuel Schatten (b. 1903 in Czernowitz) and Marion Cohen.

A victim of the 'progressive education' movement in the NYC school system, Jerome grew up a functional illiterate with a healthy disrespect for any kind of authority. A three year undistinguished career in the U.S. military allowed Jerome to hone his drinking and carousing skills while sharpening still further his disdain for those in positions of power.

These deficits notwithstanding, our intrepid high school drop out managed a Dip.Electronics Technology; a B.A.(Math); and finally an M.Ed. degree.

Jerome has been retired for almost ten years. The last 25 working years were spent in teaching at a large community college in Vancouver, Canada. Before that he worked at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto (cancer research); IBM Research Labs in NY; and RCA Labs in Princeton NJ.

His connections to Czernowitz are through his father's side of the family. Jerome's father, Emanuel (Mac) was born in Cz, Mac's father Abraham/Adolf, was married in Cz in 1901; Mac's gf  Seinwell and his ggf Josef, along with other Schattens are buried in the Czernowitz cemetery.

Thus, Jerome has an abiding interest in cleaning up the Czernowitz cemetery.

Jerome's cousin Jessica Attiyeh Falikman (a list member) and Jerome have been working together on their genealogy project for about four years now. Much has been accomplished through the list, and much has still to be done.

This website is one of Jerome's many hobbies and meshes nicely with other aspects of his interests. Most importantly, his website work has allowed him to meet a community of splendid folks and has reignited his sense of Jewishness which had been dormant for many years.