Hello Stephen,
The Covid 19 situation has been very serious in Czernowitz until the middle
of June and we could not find workers for a while.Starting with July we
could find a crew which worked through August and September.We managed to
spray with herbicides about 70% of the total surface and we also cut the
vegetation for more than half the surface.We will try to start early this
season provided that workers could be found early enough. Donations for the
cemetery project can be made at:
https://cjcro.org/donate-2/
Thank you for your support.
Best,
Sasha Wolloch
On Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 1:51 PM Stephen Winters <drstevewin_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
> Regarding the cemetary itself, what is happening with clean up in view of
> covid19
> Mimi used to give us updates
> I think an update as te of activities and how the contributions are being
> spent would be useful
> Also please remind us where to remit donations for the cemetery project
>
> Thanks to all for the hard work and thoughts
>
> Stephen
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 21, 2021, at 8:24 AM, Johannes Czakai <
> johannes.czakai_at_fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Mr. Wolloch,
> >
> > thank you very much for your response. I am glad we are having a
> conversation.
> >
> > Again, you have my deepest respect and support for your work. I think it
> is amazing, I think it is inspiring, I think it is more than important. The
> Jewish cemetery in Czernowitz is an extraordinary cultural and historical
> landmark and every effort to conserve and to preserve it is priceless.
> Thank you for that!
> >
> > I did not write my criticism lightheartedly, because I did not want to
> offend anyone and I wanted to differentiate between your work and the
> content of the video. And there is no doubt that I made that very clear.
> Therefore I am a bit surprised and hurt by the personal and insulting tone
> of your response (baklava?). I did not write - as you suggest - to show my
> "erudition". I received several very positive e-mails from people who found
> the video disturbing and supported my criticism. I think you and me agree
> on many things and I would be happy to work together on finding our common
> ground.
> >
> > Although I repeat myself: As I said, I never claimed that a video like
> that needs to be perfect and academically satisfying. Quite the contrary!
> It should be inspiring, and Mr. Lupu's video certainly is. We all make
> mistakes and that is fine. But I think we agree that there must be a
> sensitive threshold of quality and this particular video crossed it.
> >
> > Mr. Lupu has certainly created a good video and I praise his skills. But
> what it depicts is simply misleading. The more I think about it, it is less
> the historical errors, but the imagery (I speak about the film material,
> not the photos): In nine minutes we see a lot of HD footage, but only one
> (!) actual shot from Czernowitz (to my knowledge only the aerial shots of
> the university are from the city; if there is more I am hapy to stand
> corrected). The rest is a collage of imagination, which reproduces
> stereotypes. Much of that is kind of fine, because HD videos are more fun
> to watch than just immobile old postcards. But when not a single other
> building, landscape, interior, and most importantly even any of the
> gravestones were filmed in Czernowitz and the viewer is not informed about
> that, this is more then problematic (again: the film material, not the
> photos). Just imagine if I would produce a documentary about the Jewish
> quarter in Vilnius and use primarily stock footage from Krakow, Prague, and
> Stockholm. The "average viewer" would not notice, but I find it
> fundamentally and ethically wrong.
> >
> > Although it is just a short video, creating it comes with a certain
> responsibility. After publishing it, it serves not only your cause, but
> other people will learn for the first time about Czernowitz's amazing
> Jewish past. They should not learn mistakes and see images of a fictional
> and pieced together city that never existed. Especially in a time, when
> memory fades, when historical places of worship are desecrated and turned
> into cinemas, and when unique landmarks like the cemetery crumble, even
> short videos like that one will raise awareness and help to remember and
> preserve the Jewish community's material and immaterial legacy. And I think
> we agree that this invaluable task needs to be done as thorough as possible.
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Johannes Czakai
> > PS: In order to prevent a lengthy discussion in the group, I would be
> happy to further discuss the issue directly (if you like).
> >
> > --
> > Johannes Czakai
> > Visiting Research Fellow
> > Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center
> > Hebrew University Jerusalem
> > https://rosenzweig.huji.ac.il/people/johannes-czakai
> >
>
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