Re: [Cz-L] Zissels

Dear Hardy, Dear Czernowitz discussion group,

Note that the article cited by Hardy was published five years ago.
It would be interesting to learn the outcome of efforts to construct
a memorial and community center at Babi Yar. Another comment follow
below.

At 7:27 +0300 4/2/08, HARDY BREIER wrote:
>All Group,
>Read this on Mr. Zissels,
>Hardy
>4. International News
>www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/ed - [Cached]
>Published on: 7/17/2003 Last Visited: 7/21/2003
>
>A thorn in the side of the authorities during Soviet days, Jewish
>community representative Josef Zissels is now pricking Ukrainian
>Jewish leaders -- so much so that they've declared him persona non
>grata.
>


-snip-

As pointed out below, and fairly reported, there are two sides to every story.

Bruce Reisch

>...
>Martin Horowitz, director of the Jewish Community Development Fund
>run by the New York-based American Jewish World Service, said his
>organization would continue to deal with Zissels and the welfare,
>education and social programs administered by organizations such as
>the Va'ad.
>...
>"This organization has known and worked with Mr. Zissels for 10
>years, and will continue to do so in future," Horowitz wrote in an
>e-mail interview with JTA.
>...
>"As someone who knows Mr. Zissels and most of the people associated
>with this recently created 'Council of Leaders,' I find it very sad
>to see one small group of Jewish activists attempting to
>'excommunicate' another of Josef Zissels' stature."
>

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Received on 2008-04-02 13:21:37