[czernowitz-l] Replaying the Survival Game: Mechner book "a milestone i graphic Jewish literature" - Tablet Magazine Mechner graphic novel "a milestone in Jewish

2024-05-22 Thread Jim Wald
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/replaying-survival-game Replaying the Survival Game A new graphic novel by game designer Jordan Mechner layers one man’s search for personal connection and redemption against the background of his father’s childhood as a

[czernowitz-l] Upcoming Events: Back-to-Back Talking Memory programs on Romania

2024-05-19 Thread Jim Wald
I've mentioned the first one, which takes place a week from today, but below it now a listing for a second one a week later, on Jewish Forced Labor in Romania, 1940-1944 The Ghetto Fighters’ House invites you to the next two Talking Memory programs in the series: *Romanian Jewry

[czernowitz-l] Talking Memory Series Presents: Military and Civilian Behavior Towards Jews during the Holocaust in Bessarabia and Transnistria?

2024-05-10 Thread Jim Wald
Perhaps of interest to list members. Jim The Ghetto Fighters' House invites you to a new Talking Memory series: *Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust:  Filling in the Gaps* Join us for the second program on Sunday, May 26, 2024 *Military and Civilian Behavior Towards Jews* *during the

Re: [czernowitz-l] Paying Tribute to Paul Celan in Chernivtsi - Tablet Magazine

2024-04-23 Thread Jim Wald
;> Wishing you and our dear List-Members a PEACEFULL Passover. >> >> Regards from Haifa, >> >> Irene >> >> *From:* bounce-128158988-3499...@list.cornell.edu >> *On Behalf Of *Jim Wald >> *Sent:* Saturday, April 20, 2024 3:18 AM >> *To:* czernowit...@co

[czernowitz-l] Paying Tribute to Paul Celan in Chernivtsi - Tablet Magazine

2024-04-20 Thread Jim Wald
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/paying-tribute-paul-celan-chernivtsi Auschwitz-Birkenau, 1989 EDWARD SEROTTA Navigate to Arts & Letters section Paying Tribute to Paul Celan in Chernivtsi Our correspondent

[czernowitz-l] Ghetto Fighters' House upcoming webinars on Romania during the Holocaust

2024-04-19 Thread Jim Wald
Thank you for joining us on Sunday, April 14, for the Talking Memory program: *The Holocaust and October 7: Entangled Memory?* We invite all participants, and those of you who did not catch this talk, to watch the recording of the program on the Ghetto Fighters' House YouTube channel

[czernowitz-l] webinar by JDC Archives Fellow Julie Dawson “Uncertainty is a torture impossible to bear for long”: Examining Jewish Life in Postwar Romania

2024-03-12 Thread Jim Wald
JDC Archives The JDC Archives invites you to a webinar by Julie Dawson *“Uncertainty is a torture impossible to bear for long”: Examining Jewish Life in Postwar Romania* Dalia Wassner

[czernowitz-l] review of new Celan translation: Blessing and Rebuke - Jewish Review of Books

2023-12-28 Thread Jim Wald
https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/jewish-history/14777/blessing-and-rebuke/ Blessing and Rebuke * ByNeil Arditi * Fall 2023 * Print// * Email//

[czernowitz-l] Paul Celan und sein Leben vergegenwärtigt in einer monumentalen Bildbiografie

2023-12-12 Thread Jim Wald
For those who read German, a new illustrated biography of Celan. And for those who do not, at least the photos should be of interest): the photos did not past in properly, but you can find them at the link. Jim

[czernowitz-l] Preserving Memories--Jewish Perspectives of the Bukovina (oral history project)

2023-09-21 Thread Jim Wald
This oral history project may be of interest to list members (apologies if someone has already shared this and i missed it). Note: they are interested not just in accounts from people who lived there, and in fact  welcome family memories about ancestors and the like. Jim The Leo Baeck

Re: [czernowitz-l] ?translation

2023-06-20 Thread Jim Wald
I am not, but I ran it through the English-translation feature of my Chrome browser in a few seconds and got something that, although clearly not perfect, looks like an English text that makes general sense: Religious Jewish life in prewar Czernowitz Between the two world wars, there were

[czernowitz-l] Talking Memory -Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust: Filling in the Gaps

2023-06-11 Thread Jim Wald
Here is the info for the series I mentioned. Jim The Ghetto Fighters' House invites you to a new Talking Memory series *Romanian Jewry during the Holocaust: Filling in the Gaps* Join us for the first program on Sunday, June 25, 2023 *The Iasi Pogrom* Opening Remarks: *Yigal Cohen* CEO,

[czernowitz-l] Re: [czernowitz-l] Fwd: [czernowitz-l] Death of (Salome) Felicia Baker (née Horn)

2023-05-21 Thread Jim Wald
The Ghetto Fighters' House in Israel has a long-running series of webinars on the Holocaust. Today's was the aftermath of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the way that various Jewish groups interpreted the history: https://www.gfh.org.il/eng/Talking_Memory Today they announced that the upcoming

Re: [czernowitz-l] No longer verboten: Descendants of Holocaust survivors seek Austrian citizenship | The Times of Israel

2022-12-10 Thread Jim Wald
t; in AT before - doublecitizenship for descendants of the NS was > never a topic in the law of 2019. it was always allowed. > Best, Benjamin > > send by my iPhone > > > Am 09.12.2022 um 19:23 schrieb Jim Wald : > > > > No longer verboten: Descendan

Re: [czernowitz-l] No longer verboten: Descendants of Holocaust survivors seek Austrian citizenship | The Times of Israel

2022-12-10 Thread Jim Wald
Jim, > thanks for sharing the text. But- and this was a broad discussion in AT > before - doublecitizenship for descendants of the NS was never a topic in the > law of 2019. it was always allowed. > Best, Benjamin > > send by my iPhone > >> Am 09.12.2022 um 19:23 schrieb Jim W

[czernowitz-l] No longer verboten: Descendants of Holocaust survivors seek Austrian citizenship | The Times of Israel

2022-12-09 Thread Jim Wald
No longer verboten: Descendants of Holocaust survivors seek Austrian citizenship; After a revision of Austrian citizenship laws, candidates don’t need to give up their native passports. Read about Giuliana Schnitzler, Julie Bronder and Amy Feineman’s paths there By RAQUEL G. FROHLICH 8

[czernowitz-l] Memories of Ukraine: the conflict of libraries - Jews, Europe, the XXIst century

2022-11-10 Thread Jim Wald
A very French essay: operating by free association, and ranging widely (or just wandering), but mentions Czernowitz, Celan https://k-larevue.com/en/ukraine-conflict-libraries/?utm_campaign=K.%20La%20Revue%20%2386EN Memories of Ukraine: the conflict of libraries * Partager sur facebook -

[czernowitz-l] recording of Maksim Goldenshteyn on Transnistria

2022-08-03 Thread Jim Wald
Today, Maksim Goldenshteyn spoke about his family's history in Transnistria during World War II, based on his recent book: So They Remember: Surviving the Holocaust in Soviet Ukraine Tuesday, August 2 | 12-1pm (PT) | Virtual | Free "Without any exaggeration, Maksim Goldenshteyn’s book, So

[czernowitz-l] So They Remember: A Jewish Family's Story of Surviving the Holocaust in Ukraine

2022-07-29 Thread Jim Wald
I don't believe this book about Transnistria has been mentioned on the list yet. Looks excellent. The author is from Czernowitz. Jim https://www.maksimgoldenshteyn.com/ Zoom program: August 2, 2022 | Noon PST (virtual) A Summer of Stories: Lunch-and-Learn Series Hosted by Seattle’s

[czernowitz-l] Collection of documents of persons expelled and deported from the territory of RASSM and MSSR during the years 1930, 1941-1951 - National Archives Agency

2022-06-16 Thread Jim Wald
Here (via Google Translate), a resource involving digitized records of expulsions and deportations to Siberia from our part of the world--perhaps of interest to researchers on the list. MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA NATIONAL ARCHIVES AGENCY

[czernowitz-l] Historic Meeting: Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan Meets Pope Francis in the Vatican (there IS a Czernowitz connection)

2022-06-13 Thread Jim Wald
https://www.yadvashem.org/events/09-june-2022.html?utm_source=newsletter Historic Meeting: Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan Meets Pope Francis in the Vatican "I felt the weight of responsibility as someone who represents not only himself and not only the present, but rather the

[czernowitz-l] Chernovtsy palimpsest | Eurozine

2022-05-25 Thread Jim Wald
A friend with an interest in Habsburg and East Central European matters brought this to my attention. Jim https://www.eurozine.com/chernovtsy-palimpsest/?fbclid=IwAR29kHjDpDeW_doFUIuqhyRxRwJrag9w2Kc6jkN7TeJ7hNxkRU3O28s5_QE# Chernovtsy palimpsest * Igor Pomerantsev

Re: FW: [czernowitz-l] Fwd: In memoriam

2022-04-17 Thread Jim Wald
Indeed, wishing the best to all of you, too. And this exchange on Kaiser Karl reminds me of this: https://www.mediathek.at/katalogsuche/suche/detail/?pool=BWEB=1EDBA169-2F4-0001B-5417-1EDB441D=082e9e07c60a8a1cf9f66a42e8ebc8f4 Jim On 4/17/22 07:45, Bruce Reisch wrote: > > *From: *Fred

Re: [czernowitz-l] Oxana Matiychuk's Ukrainian Diary from Czernowitz (in German)

2022-03-15 Thread Jim Wald
You are right, Edgar: excellent reporting! And, bonus for those who do not read German: I found English translations being published here: Unfathomable Paths: The Ukrainian Diary of Oxana Matiychuk Part 10. - Culture - Review Twist

[czernowitz-l] From Ukraine to LA: How Mila Kunis' family fled the Soviet Union when she was 7 years old (=Chernivtsi)

2022-03-09 Thread Jim Wald
An acquaintance forwarded this to me (I am not a Fox News reader so I had not seen it): > > https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ukraine-los-angeles-mila-kunis-family-fled-soviet-union > > > From Ukraine to LA: How Mila Kunis' family fled the Soviet Union > when she was 7 years old > > >

[czernowitz-l] H-Poland: Book Launch: "Galizien als Archiv" by M. Baran-Szołtys & "Nationale Wissenschaft zwischen zwei Imperien" by M. Rohde (Wiener Galizien Studien) on January 31, 2022, 18.00, via

2022-01-27 Thread Jim Wald
This approach to Galicia "can be applied to other spaces in Europe with similar characteristics, e.g. Bukovina." A bit of an understatement to say the least: as this list, the Ehpes site, and _Ghosts of Home_ as well as other works have long demonstrated. Book Launch: "Galizien als

[czernowitz-l] Review of Magocsi and Petrovsky-Shtern, Jews and Ukrainians | John-Paul Himka

2022-01-20 Thread Jim Wald
In case this is of interest, I see that there is at least some mention of Bukovina here. Jews and Ukrainians: a millennium of co-existence https://utorontopress.com/9780772751119/jews-and-ukrainians/ review by John-Paul Himka: Canadian Slavonic Papers Revue Canadienne des Slavistes ISSN:

[czernowitz-l] print of Austro-Hungarian regional coats of arms

2022-01-16 Thread Jim Wald
Hi, all. Jerome was recently kind enough to add to the little library of stamps and other images (http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/stamps/index.html#: last image in the collection) a photo of a print I have:  the coats of arms of the various regions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: including, of

[czernowitz-l] Sex, lies, videotape - and antisemitism: Indie film uses shock value to discuss Jewish persecution in Romania - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

2021-11-21 Thread Jim Wald
https://www.jta.org/2021/11/19/culture/sex-lies-videotape-and-antisemitism-indie-film-uses-shock-value-to-discuss-jewish-persecution-in-romania?utm_source=JTA_Maropost Sex, lies, videotape — and antisemitism: Indie film uses shock value to discuss Jewish persecution in Romania BYANDREW

[czernowitz-l] The JDC Archives invites you to a webinar: Chief Rabbi Dr. Moses D. Rosen's Leadership in Romania under Communism and Afterwards: Two Perspectives

2021-11-08 Thread Jim Wald
In case of interest. Jim Reminder: The JDC Archives invites you to a webinar Chief Rabbi Dr. Moses D. Rosen's Leadership in Romania under Communism and Afterwards: Two Perspectives Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here

Re: FW: [czernowitz-l] Can anybody help?

2021-10-07 Thread Jim Wald
Correct. As I read it: Unter [?] Erlaß der K.K. Landesregierung Vom 14. März 1912 Zl 36865/11 wird angemerkt, daß dem Vater des hier Immatrikulierten Kindes mit Erlaß von 15. März 1910 Zl. 10607 die Aenderung des Familiennames in Doregger bewilligt wurde. Zugleich wird angemerkt daß

[czernowitz-l] Thursday - Online Discussion: Research About the Holocaust in Romania – Past and Present

2021-10-04 Thread Jim Wald
Perhaps of interest to list members Online Discussion: Research About the Holocaust in Romania – Past and Present You are invited to participate in an online discussion highlighting ongoing research about the Holocaust in Romania. The event will include a lecture entitled: "Open

[czernowitz-l] Torah scroll and a depiction of the Ten Commandments from Czernowitz in Yad Vashem

2021-09-26 Thread Jim Wald
featured in the current Yad Vashem newsletter Torah scroll and a depiction of the Ten Commandments * About the Artifacts Collection in Yad Vashem * New in the Artifacts Collection *

[czernowitz-l] The Great Synagogue of Iaşi and Its Aron Kodesh | World Monuments Fund

2021-09-14 Thread Jim Wald
Not Bukovina, but Romania--and an example of restoration and listing initiatives. Some perhaps applicable in Czernowitz? SAVING AND PRESERVING JEWISH HERITAGE The Great Synagogue of Iaşi and Its Aron Kodesh TheGreat Synagogue of Iaşi

[czernowitz-l] Re: [czernowitz-l] Kochevent „Shalom, BALKAN - Küche der rumänischen und ungarischen Juden“.

2021-08-24 Thread Jim Wald
ith Jerome Schatten and Edgar Hauster > > *From: *bounce-125852384-3497...@list.cornell.edu > on behalf of Jim Wald > > *Date: *Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 3:06 > *To: *Maurice Linker , Serah Kraft > > *Cc: *i...@2021jlid.de , CZERNOWITZ-L > > *Subject

[czernowitz-l] Re: [czernowitz-l] Re: [czernowitz-l] Kochevent „Shalom, BALKAN - Küche der rumänischen und ungarischen Juden“.

2021-08-24 Thread Jim Wald
As it happens, I watched the program, which was very nice (interviews with guests about various related topics of Jewish culture while the food was cooking). I myself did not cook the food in live time (as it was 11 a.m. here) and instead, at our dinner time. It was very good, although the

[czernowitz-l] [Transnistria] Renovators find a ritual burial facility last used in 1931 at a neglected Jewish cemetery near Moldova - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

2021-07-09 Thread Jim Wald
Renovators find a ritual burial facility last used in 1931 at a neglected Jewish cemetery near Moldova JULY 8, 2021 5:22 PM [photo] The Jewish cemetery of Rascov, Transnistria. (Courtesy of Rabbi Pinchas Zaltsman) (JTA) — Renovators at a Jewish cemetery in a breakaway province of Moldova

[czernowitz-l] EVENT: JDC Archives Webinar: Sylvia Hershcovitz , "Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania" (June 22)

2021-06-14 Thread Jim Wald
EVENT: JDC Archives Webinar: Sylvia Hershcovitz , "Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania" (June 22) by Isabelle Rohr Please Join Us for a Webinar by JDC Archives Fellow Sylvia Herschovitz Date and Time: June 22, 2021 12-1:30pm Registration Link:

Re: [czernowitz-l] webinar - Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania

2021-06-01 Thread Jim Wald
> > > > Sent from myMail for iOS > > > Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 6:47 am +1000 from Jim Wald : > > The JDC Archives invites you to a webinar > Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania > Sylvia Hershcovitz > Tuesday, June 22, 2021 >

[czernowitz-l] webinar - Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania

2021-06-01 Thread Jim Wald
The JDC Archives invites you to a webinar Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania Sylvia Hershcovitz Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:00pm - 1:30pm (EDT) ZOOM (Webinar) RSVP In 1939, Mela Iancu, a Romanian Jewish leader, established the Jewish Center for the Protection of Mothers and Children. With

Re: [czernowitz-l] A Poem

2021-03-06 Thread Jim Wald
Yes, very interesting. I saw that the author was Arthur Pfungst. I am generally well acquainted with German literature but not this person. He seems to have been a fairly minor figure, like many others, popular at the time but not read anymore. I found no reference to him in my various

Re: [czernowitz-l] Special issue of journal: Czernowitz

2021-02-19 Thread Jim Wald
there URL or hard copy? > Thank you, > Bella > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 19, 2021, at 8:19 AM, Jim Wald wrote: >> >> Hi, all. >> >> I am in a webinar now on a new special issue of the Journal of Austrian >> Studies that is devoted to Cz

[czernowitz-l] Special issue of journal: Czernowitz

2021-02-19 Thread Jim Wald
Hi, all. I am in a webinar now on a new special issue of the Journal of Austrian Studies that is devoted to Czernowitz. ANK: The Journal of Austrian Studies: Webinar: Czernowitz (19.02.2021) The Journal of Austrian Studies presents a JAS Webinar: Czernowitz Co-sponsored by the Center for