Re: [Cz-L] The Temple - Past-Present-Future

[Plain text please --thanks]

Re: [Cz-L] The Temple - Past-Present-FutureThanks for translation. It is =
not clear who the writer is.
Sad but true, the Temple ceased to be Jewish in 1941.
 Cinemas are not profitable institutioms and close down.
  What will the new owner do is interesting .
    But not our concern.
   We are mentioned for having the Temple on our front page.
     The Ehpes is important enough to be mentioned.
       The American Czernowitzer site with the impossible name. =20
        We are on the map.
Hardy.
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Miriam Taylor=20
  To: David Glynn ; jerome schatten ; HARDY BREIER=20
  Cc: CZERNOWITZ-L ; Edgar Hauster=20
  Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 12:25 AM
  Subject: Re: [Cz-L] The Temple - Past-Present-Future

  A friend who is a former Czernowitzer, or rather a former =
"Chernovtian"
  translated the article for me. Here it is:

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  The community is actively discussing the future of the cinema named =
"Chernivtsi".=20
  There is talk about the cinema being purchased by businessman Vasil =
Zabrodsky.
  This talk is not behind the scenes anymore; it has become almost =
official.

  Interestingly, however, the house, which in Soviet times was jokingly =
called "Kinagogah",=20
  was once a symbol of the city. Even if you go to the site of the =
former Chernivtsi residents,=20
  czernowitz.ephes.com, you'll see the Temple in the introduction.=20
  It used to be called the house, that is, the Temple.=20
  It was hard to build and later could not be burnt by the SS or mined =
and destroyed=20
  By Soviet engineers who wanted to built in its place something else.=20
  One of the chief patrons of the temple building was Chernivtsi =
philanthropist Henry Wagner.=20
  Another one hundred donors supported the building, their names were =
burned together=20
  with the internal furnishings of this synagogue in July 1941.

  This building was designed to be anything but a place for =
entertainment and for the benefit=20
  of one person. =20

  I'm not a conservative, I even like it when something turns into =
something else.=20
  But we certainly do not want this building to become the twin brother =
of a Cinema in the city.

  Because the building is of such high rank, It has become became a coin =
in political wars.=20
  Although, in principle, talks have been going on since 2009, but I =
think I know why=20
  (former mayor) Fedoruk did not dare sell the building. He wanted me to =
vote for him.=20

  I suspect that (current acting mayor) Myhaylishyn wants to do the =
same, but he should consider=20
  that a more scandalous solution is difficult to imagine. Especially in =
the present circumstances,=20
  when someone is "warming up" this scandalous solution.=20
  As far as Zabrodska's loyalty is concerned, Vitaliy Mihailovich =
doesn't need to worry - all remains as it was.=20
  It is clear that the entrepreneur Zabrodska will not "surrender", he =
will remain a fan of Myhaylishyn.

  This building has belonged to the community for almost one hundred and =
forty years. It was built from donations.=20
  These were not donations to Zabrodsky.=20
  it is obvious that it would take five or six years to make the =
building useful to the urban community.=20
  It could be made a community center, in which there would be =
galleries, a theatre and other venues suitable=20
  for the residents of an urban community.

  This weekend, I was looking for the relatives of the Henry Wagner, =
who was the chief donor of the temple building.=20
  It appears in the address book that he lived exactly opposite the =
Temple, at the corner of the current June 28 Street.=20
  I found two threads of his descendants - one is in Argentina, and the =
other oddly enough is in Hawaii.=20
  I fear, however, that such an investigations will take a long time. =
While we are looking for Wagner's descendants =20
  we will have the opportunity to greet the unexpected "heir." =
Meanwhile, a small photo gallery.=20

  How it looked:=20
                                   =
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  From the comments and responses to this article it is clear that there =
are many in Chernivtsi,=20
  who do not agree with the sale or lease of the building.=20
  The writer of the article, certainly is not pleased with Zabrodska =
converting the building to any use he chooses.=20

  Mimi

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