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

The evidence on the ground is there to be seen...there are paintings and
fixtures and fittings dating back to when the shul was built. Also I was
told by non-Jewish Czernowitzers that this place was there through-out the
war.Maybe somebody could check with the Jewish Museum people and?or the
University?? Cornel

-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Taylor [mailto:mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu]
Sent: 30 August 2012 17:47
To: cornel fleming
Cc: 'CZERNOWITZ-L'
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Translation of the rest of Christian's article.

I agree with Cornel that this information should be publicized,
but it needs to be checked for facts first.
The first time I visited Czernowitz in 2002, rabbi Kofmanski held
services
in an old building which I do not think was this shul.
Please, will anyone volunteer to look into this and then notify assorted
organizations and publications?

Mimi

On Aug 30, 2012, at 12:38 PM, cornel fleming wrote:

> This should be publicised all over the Jewish world. Rav
> Kofmanski's shul is
> utterly and totally unique. I know of no other shul in the Nazi-
> occupied
> parts of Europe that stayed open throughout WW2. Moreover,it is to the
> everlasting credit of the non-Jewish locals who did NOT call the
> Einsatzgruppen etc, and I strongly feel that the people at Yad
> V'shem who
> deal with the Righteous Among the Nations should be told of
> this. Cornel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-63804751-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-63804751-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
> Miriam Taylor
> Sent: 30 August 2012 14:53
> To: CZERNOWITZ-L
> Subject: [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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