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

Thanks to Helene Ryding for sending us these articles and Bruce for
forwarding them. I find them very interesting and informative.

I wonder though, how much they pertain to Czernowitz/Chernivtsi.
Lviv and Chernivtsi are often compared or written about, as if they are
very similar; both of them in western Ukraine, both at one time,
part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Yet, more is written currently
in Ukrainian about Lviv and it's being part of Halycnia (the former Polish
part of Ukraine), which Czernowitz never was.

I wonder why Ukrainian writers, writing about the Jewish cultures of western
Ukraine, pay less attention to Czernowitz than to Lemberg.
It seems that Jewish activists also do the same.

Would any of the list members who know Ukrainian or Russian, be willing
to write to KyivPost and ask the author of these articles this particular
question?

As to the wedding dresses:
I have been told that even the very expensive wedding dresses, which
can be ordered for thousands of Dollars from Paris, are actually made in
Czernowitz and vicinity. I think this manufacturing business started small
in one of the villages around Czernowitz and has grown tremendously.

Well, we Czernowitzers, always had good taste, expected good quality
And dressed to high heaven.
We also believed "Kleider machen Menschen" (Clothes make the man).
Not true, but we thought so.

Mimi
On Jul 15, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Bruce Reisch wrote:

On 7/15/11 11:19 AM, "Bruce Reisch" <bruce.reisch_at_cornell.edu> wrote:

> 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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