[Cz-L] Translation of the rest of Christian's article.

I continue my translation of Christian Hermann's article:

"Why do you want to spend your vacation time working
on the Jewish cemetery?" wants tom Berman to know of the volunteers.
They could spend their time otherwise.
This question also aims to determine values.
The motives of the volunteers are various, but for most, curiosity and
the desire to learn are most important.
Western Europeans would like to learn something about the Ukraine,
their neighbor to the East. The joung Ukrainians who come mostly from
The eastern part of the country, are drawn by the historical towns of
the western Ukraine, which are so different from the industrial towns
in the Donbas. "In school one learns about the holocaust next to nothing"
Says Iurii, one of the leaders of the work-camp, " here one can learn
something about it".

Katya from Charkiv has a wish. She would like to take part in a Jewish
Religious service. Noah Koufmanski, rabbi of the two synagogues of
Czernowitz, gladly invites them to the Saturday service. He only asks that
the volunteers come slightly earlier, because he wants to tell them about
the history of the synagogue. He is proud of the fact that the synagogue was
never closed, not during the war and not during the whole Soviet time.
"We are situated somewhat hidden" he says and smilingly points to
A metal sheets building on the other side of the street. With the end of
The Soviet Union, freedom of religion has returned. Rabbi Menachem
Mendel Glissenstein has made use of this; he has received from the city
one of the old synagogues and has managed to get donations with which
to restore it. It was not easy. The building had been used to house
electrical transformers. Once the transformers were removed, the extent of
the damage to the building could be evaluated.
But rabbi Glissenstein had plans, together with the synagogue he created a
community center. Next, he plans a kosher restaurant and connected to it,
a kitchen for the poor.
"When the volunteers come back next year, they will be able to come here
to eat" he says and laughs.
Later he also wants to speak about the restoration of the cemetery.
Things continue in Czernowitz.

Mimi

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