Thank you, Mark - this discussion is of particular interest to me.
And what a terrific movie this is, too.
Merle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Wiznitzer" <markwiznitzer_at_gmail.com>
To: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>; "CZERNOWITZ-L"
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>; "Christian Herrmann" <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>;
"Hardy Breier" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Ghostlike Appearences
> Here are some screenshots from A Shtetl in the Caribbean of the "new"
> Jewish cemetery of Curacao. I am not certain if the many sculptures
> that adorn the older graves of descendents of the Portuguese Jewish
> community constitute "graven" images. But they do demonstrate that
> there are broad differences of interpretation from place to place and
> time to time of what is permitted and what is forbidden. As far as I
> am aware, none of the Ashkenazi Jews, many of whom like my father came
> from Bukovina and whose own stones lack any imagery, registered a
> serious objection while alive or, for that matter, since taking up
> residence there.
> [Mark Wiznitzer]
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/28663229_at_N04/17290530692/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/28663229_at_N04/17084908527/in/photostream/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/28663229_at_N04/17291856751/in/photostream/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/28663229_at_N04/17292123831/in/photostream/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/28663229_at_N04/17292123951/in/photostream/
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/28663229_at_N04/16670156174/in/photostream/
>
>
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