Re: [Cz-L] Back on the banks of river Dniester

From: Shelley <shemit65_at_gmail.com_at_nowhere.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 15:57:39 -0400
To: Anny Matar <annymatar_at_gmail.com>
Reply-To: Shelley <shemit65_at_gmail.com>


Anny -

The idea of "hallowed ground" is a new idea to many young people. The
fact that many old people don't even want to know about their past is
a fact we must respect. In between are many people who have lost
their way or never knew the way. Our world has gone through so many
changes that to find people willing to go and clean up the hallowed
ground is a blessing. It's not the norm. Nor should it be expected.
It is a value that had to be taught. Today, ignorance is at an
all-time high, both here in American and around the world. Sometimes
we have to be content with the idea that our loved ones' neshuma have
already had an aliyah and that the grave is just a reminder. That
idea makes it easier when you look at the ruins. For so many more,
there are no headstones or markers and yet we mourn and honor them
nonetheless. At least for some, there was or is a place. My family
is in a mass grave in a forest. I can't visit and just go up to a
tree and pray. So I pray where I am.

I hope you find comfort with my thoughts.

Shelley


Forgive the





On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 12:51 PM, Anny Matar <annymatar_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll try my luck again and answer through Cz.L. although I've never
> been lucky and found a dead wall even if I write in plain text. Maybe
> I'll get through this time.
> This really looks like the "vanished world". There must be a
> Basarabian community somewhere in the world who would do something
> about it, no one is like we Czernowitzers but I think one ought to
> try. I must say I'd rather see it disappear instead of people using
> the stones as pick-nick tables!! It's shattering how little respect is
> given to people even dead!!
> [Anny Matar]
>
> On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Christian Herrmann <cyberorange_at_gmx.de> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> On our way to Rîbniţa (Rybnitsa) and Raşcov (Rashkov) we made a stop in Rezina on the banks of river Dniester. The Jewish cemetery of Rezina is the most dilapidated we've seen so far on our trip. If it needs an additional illustration on what Edgar wrote about Nadvirna, it is here:
>>
>> https://vanishedworld.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/back-on-the-banks-of-river-dniester/
>>
>> Best wishes from Bessarabia,
>> Christian
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