Re: [Cz-L] Poetry on the Herrengasse

Dear Bruce,

Please excuse me for not writing you sooner to thank you for sharing your
pleasant experience in Chernivtsi in 2005, with the members of this list.
I hope that all those who have not read Bruce Wexler's Email of Oct. 7th,
will look it up in the archived letters of the "ehpes" website and will read
it now.

Mimi

On 10/7/10 9:37 AM, "ajs1pres_at_aol.com" <ajs1pres_at_aol.com> wrote:

>
> Though I have not had the history of living in Czernowitz, as many of you=
> have, I felt like I would like to chime in on this thread.
> I think both sides of this discussion are correct. The lack of memorials,=
> to our once thriving Jewish culture, is regrettable. However, the attitud=
> es, and and actions of the current population of Chernivtsi are most comme=
> ndable.
> Cornel and others have listed so many notable memorials to the Jewish past=
> of Czernowitz, but the most notable for me are the wonderful citizens of=
> the city today.
> While this story may have been read by others before, I think it bears rep=
> eating. When I visited CZ in the spring of 2005, although not religious,=
> I decided to where a yarmulka during my stay. The reasons were to pay res=
> pect to my ancestors, but also to show the population of the city, that Je=
> ws were returning, and helping their economy. Not only did I never have th=
> e slightest hint of anti semitism, but in a way, felt I was home.
> AS part of my visit, I decided to call my mother for her birthday ( she wa=
> s 97) from her grandfather's house. The address we had previously obtained=
> through the birth record of my mother's aunt.
> We went to the house and were not only greeted warmly, but invited in. We=
> ate, drank vodka, and sang with these perfect strangers. When we left I=
> was given a hand embroidered pillow as a birthday gift for my mother. I=
> wore my yarmulka the entire time!
>
> What conclusions to draw, I leave to you my cousins!
>
> Bruce Wexler
> Jackson, NJ
>
> PS moderator, I don't know if this will come across in plain text, because=
> it is sent from my business computer. Sorry.

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