Re: [Cz-L] "Yiddische Gasse"

Mimi,
The Judengasse was the main street of what was once the Judenstadt, the very
center
  of old Czernowitz, There is nothing derogatory about this.
    It shows the Jewish identity of Czernowitz.
       It is in the center of old Czernowitz.
        It is from old times ,is our history , we are not ashamed of this.
     If your opinion the name was removed in order to do us a service !
       The best, by this , was to remove the street completely and remove
the "shame".
                      Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; "David Glynn"
<glynn_at_spontini.co.uk>; "Czernowitz" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] "Yiddische Gasse"


> Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
>
> I feel no nostalgia for either the Yiddishe Gasse or the Judengasse.
> To me both are derogatory terms associated with Jews having to live
> in a ghetto. Where these names have been kept in other European cities, it
> is not out of respect, but in order to remind all, that this once was the
> most crowded, poorest and shabbiest part of town. Because it was so poor
> and
> considered so shabby, no new buildings were built in these streets and now
> they may still be the location, where one can find very old houses. This
> makes them attractive to tourists, who crowd into their stores to buy
> local
> souvenirs.
>
> Strada Transilvaniei was so called, not because Transilvanians lived
> there,
> the same with Russischegasse, but the Judengasse was so called, because
> initially all Czernowitz Jews lived there. Complaining that it now has a
> different name, is as if we complained that we no longer have to wear the
> yellow star.
>
> Shavua tov,
>
> Mimi
>
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