Thank you Sylvia for introducing logic into the discussion, which on the surface
is about the visit of Mila Kunis to Chernivtsi, but actually is about suspecting
Antisemitism behind any action of the Ukrainian present inhabitants of the city.
I have visited Chernivtsi twice a year for the last eight years and a few more times
Before. On no occasion did I encounter any actions or behavior which could be
Interpreted as antisemitic. Twice, when I wanted to see the apartment in which I lived
during the war years, I not only was allowed to do so, but was treated with understanding
And sympathy. The first time, I was just standing in front of the building,
When the current owner of the apartment, who happened to be in the garden,
Noticed me, came over and after finding out that I had lived there as a child,
Invited me in without my asking.
Mimi
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On Nov 12, 2017, at 6:37 PM, Sylvia de Swaan <sylvia.deswaan_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> I thought it was a little specious to make a blitz trip to Cz & expect all
> doors to immediately to open...perhaps if they'd written ahead through the
> Jewish museum or some other venue, things might have been different. Maybe
> these people had a sink full of dirty dishes and unmade beds and didn't
> want this famous actress to see her former house in that state. I've by now
> been several times in Czernowitz, ranging from a few days to several weeks
> & have never encountered any hostility from the townspeople. Granted the
> first time in 1996 I felt like a stranger in a strange land, in 2008 was
> back for the jubilee and in 2013 I was there for close to two months,
> rented an apartment and lived daily life there, taught a photo workshop
> through the auspices of the Jewish museum, accompanied a two groups of
> university students to nearby villages who went to interview elderly people
> about the Jews who once lived there. Over time I've made friends and
> acquaintances and have felt quite at home. I also coincided two or three
> times with the Summer work camp to clear the Jewish cemetery, a wonderful
> program of international cooperation!
> Sylvia de Swaan
>
> http://2015.odesa-biennale.org.ua/portfolio/sylvia-de-swaan/
>
> http://www.sylviadeswaan.com/
>
> https://www.worldphoto.org/blogs/20-09-16/make-meaningful-work-sylvia-de-swaan-visura
>
>
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