Re: [Cz-L] Fw: Star of David, University of Chernivtsi

I believe that I have an explanation for the stars of David ornamenting the
"Residenz". When these buildings were built, the church had insufficient
money to complete the project and the Jewish community gave them a larger
sum of money. The then metropolitan of the Orthodox church, Hackman and
chief rabbi Lazar Igel were good friends. Apparently they played chess
together and more importantly, together designed the plan and layout of the
city.

I am of course not in the least bit prejudiced, but in my opinion, the city
plan of Czernowitz is wonderful and makes the city very livable.

I do not know enough about Byzantine and later Orthodox elements of design,
but it also could be that a six pointed star is one of them. It is certainly
easier to draw a six pointed star, than a five pointed one.

Mimi

On 9/26/10 2:12 PM, "Julian Rubin" <julianrubin2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> To all group members,
>
> This is a forwarded message to the PR department of the university of Cz.
> regarding the enigma of the Stars of David ornamenting one of their domes.
> By now I didn't get any answer. Maybe somebody has a good explanation for
> this.
>
> Julian
>
> --- On Thu, 9/9/10, Julian Rubin <julianrubin2000_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Julian Rubin <julianrubin2000_at_yahoo.com>
> Subject: Star of David, University of Chernivtsi
> To: office_at_chnu.edu.ua
> Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 8:23 PM
>
>  
> Dear Madam / Sir,
>  
> This summer I visited the University of Chernivtsi and was surprised by the
> Star of David ornaments on one of the domes.
>  
> Some say that this is out of respect that the university¹s architect felt
> toward the local rabbi or maybe the building was financed by Jews. But this is
> doubtful since the university as a Christian orthodox institute was probably
> not willing to endorse a Jewish symbol by any cost.
>  
> The other explanation, supplied by one of your guides, speaks about the idea
> that the Star of David is not necessarily a Jewish symbol but rather a
> universal one, used by different religions and cultures, including
> Christianity, during history. But even if that¹s the case, it does not make
> sense since the Star of David is so strongly associated with Judaism from the
> 16th century onwards.
>  
> What¹s really the truth?
>  Julian Rubin
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