Re: [Cz-L] Jewish roots in Czernowitz

Dear Czernowitzers,
For those in doubt about the existence of Jews in Bukowina and surrounding
areas in earlier times ( then 1788) here some additional details:
Dr. Manfred Reifer(Tel-Aviv) has written an article, translated by Jerome
Silverbush, under the title: THE ERA OF THE MOLDOVIAN PRINCES.
The material is made available by JewishGen.Inc. and can be seen on the
internet by all those interested in the History of Jews in Bukowina. It is
an interesting presentation of facts regarding Jewish presence as far back
as the period 1300-1500.
As with regard to Sephardic Jews in Poland:
The Polish king Sigismund II Augustus (1529-72) encouraged Jewish Sephardic
families to move to Poland. Most of them moved to Lvov(Lemberg) ( not so far
away from Czernowitz). In 1588 Jan Zamoyski, Polish Chancellor, established
a special privilege allowing Sephardic Jews to live in his own newly founded
town of Zamosc. Ashkenazi's where not authorized, in the beginning, to
settle in Zamosc.
Documentation exists in different archives and family names can be found.
To chose the date 1788, as proposed, as a starting point for Jewish life in
the area, seems to be a bit late. For some it perhaps comes as a surprise.
The old stories about the Kazars seem to be still in circulation. The
subject remains for many a very sensitive one. Checking the telephone
registers in Czernowitz as well as in the US and elsewhere will have to
wait, perhaps for the next generation. The names are and will still be
there.
GMAR CHATIMA TOVA,
Wolf ( W. A.Terner, Stockholm, Sweden).

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