[Cz-L] Ukraine's Vanquished Jews - Daunting struggle to preserve Jewish heritage

From: Bruce Reisch <bruce.reisch_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:19:15 -0400
To: CZERNOWITZ-L <CZERNOWITZ-L_at_list.cornell.edu>
Reply-to: Bruce Reisch <bruce.reisch_at_cornell.edu>

Dear Czernowitzers, I'm forwarding this to the list on behalf of Helene
Ryding:

On 7/15/11 11:07, "Helene Ryding" <hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Dear Listers
>
>Here is the fourth installment from KyivPost newsletter:
>
>Ukraine¹s Vanquished Jews: Daunting struggle to preserve Jewish heritage
>
>
>Read more:
>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/108659/#ixzz1SAuEQhCL
>
>While skimming through the rest of the newsletter I found this extra
>piece on modern Chernivtsi:
>
>Kazakhstan brides dress Ukrainian:
>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/general/detail/108656/
>
>On reading further it seems that Chernivtsi is the home of the wedding
>dress made for export
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/428330581_ac40d40489_m.jpg

>
>
> After the four-hour flight from Astana to Kyiv, the purchaser usually
>travels to Chernivtsi by bus or taxi. ³People from all of the post-Soviet
>states go there,² said Amirova. ³Mama says Chernivtsi lives on revenues
>from wedding dresses.² Built in the 18th century, this town of 300,000
>people is known as an Austro-Hungarian architectural jewel and the
>wedding-dress capital of Ukraine. The city is filled with boutiques, but
>experienced buyers tend to head for Kalinovsky market, where the price of
>the dresses starts at $50, and the choice is wide. Sellers come from all
>over Bukovyna, including the famous village of Voloka, where almost all
>of the inhabitants are employed in the sewing of wedding garments.
>However, this business is not always legal, and sellers want to avoid
>attention from the tax administration: Photography is banned at the
>market and few want to talk about their work. Valentyna, a seamstress
>with her own shop in Chernivtsi, said there are several foreigners among
>her clients ­ mostly Russians and Kazakhs.
>³They mainly buy dresses decorated by Swarovski crystals. They also
>choose white or cream colors,² Valentyna said of Central Asian buyers¹
>preferences.
>
>I seem to remember that when I visited the market in Chernivtsi, it had
>rather a large collection of wedding dresses and it seemed a strange
>place to buy one.
>
>Best regards
>Helene
>
>Helene Ryding
>hryding_at_yahoo.co.uk
>+44 7738116899 (mobile always)
>+370 5 2195560 (home in Lithuania)
>+370 694 75023 (mobile when in Lithuania)
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