Re: [Cz-L] more on conceit in Cz

You are an heretic to the true cause, you dont see the light from above.
  When the skies opened and the Lux Eterna shone on the chosen people
  to carry the torch of culture .
   Calling this conceit is blasphemy.
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "andy halmay" <andy_venivici_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 2:24 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] more on conceit in Cz

> [Plain Text... post in Plain Text --thanks]
>
> An additional thought or two on the culture of Cz which couldn't have been
> =
> so dramatically different from other cities of the same era and size. In
> ci=
> ties of any size one finds a mix of cultures and it is difficult to label
> t=
> he city with any particular characteristic. If the contemporary culture of
> =
> Chernivtsi shows signs of conceit, it would be understandable. When a
> peasa=
> nt who has never had a pair of shoes get his first shoes, he feels proud
> an=
> d superior to his cousins who are still barefoot. Conceit is more often
> tha=
> n not found in folks who are culturally deprived but have one or more
> eleme=
> nts of which they can be proud. =A0 Having the yoke of Communism off their
> =
> shoulders with the fear of punishment for stepping out of line removed
> woul=
> d naturally give a people a sense of superiority to perhaps the previous
> ge=
> neration. =A0My guess is that half the current population were pulled in
> fr=
> om Russia's or the Ukraine's interior. =A0I met a young medical
> technician with an accent, established it was a Russian accent, asked her
> =
> where she was from and she said St. Petersburg. =A0When I told her that I
> w=
> as from what is now Chernivtsi, she confessed that she was really from
> ther=
> e, too. =A0If there is conceit among the current residents, it might be
> bec=
> ause their roots were in some Russian shtetl. =A0In the company of a St.
> Pe=
> tersburger they might quickly become modest.
>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of
 Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed
 in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily
 the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members
 or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has
 an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a
 searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Please post in "Plain
 Text" if possible (help available at:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/PlainText.html>).

To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/elist/lyris/leave.html

To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to:
owner-Czernowitz-L_at_list.cornell.edu
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Received on 2011-07-27 18:04:29