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Always when I came to a village where Jews used to live, I searched for the cemetery. Oftentimes, only its traces remained. However, some cemeteries, even being abandoned, remained almost intact, dating back as far as the 17th century. For Jews of the Pale of Settlement, the tradition of carving gravestones was well-developed. Frequently, the symbols on the gravestone determined the profession and social status of its owner. Birkat Cohanim ("Blessing of Cohen") usually marked Cohens' graves. Medzhibozh, Ukraine. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f02ce4b02f77ba79aa74/1364783232752/jl_door.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Door This photograph was taken in a nearly-abandoned Jewish cemetary. Kaunas' Jewish population decreased significantly after WWII. As often happened with abandoned cemetaries, local people took bricks from the cemetary for building purposes. Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f02ce4b0ec1768da77b1/1364783261006/jl_orgeyev.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Orgeyev Orgeyev, Moldavia (former Bessarabia). 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f032e4b06ce822a2cb42/1364783298645/jl_polonnoye.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Polonnoye - Birkat Cohanim Color painting was rarely used at Jewish monuments. This is a 1920s tombstone in Polonnoye. The photograph features a fragment of the tombstone with the Birkat Cohanim ("Blessing of Cohen"). Polonnoye, Ukraine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f036e4b02f77ba79aa96/1364783359729/Sadgora_3736+.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Sadgora Jewish cemetery in Sadgora, near Chernovtzy, Ukraine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f02be4b0fc0d946cc747/1364783390979/Brody.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Brody Jewish Cemetery in Brody, Ukraine. Brody, Ukraine. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f032e4b0e1be8849f731/1364783428084/Koretz.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Goats and Stones Jewish Cemetery in Koretz, Ukraine. Koretz, Ukraine. 1988. http://www.yurilev.com/chapter-3-places3 daily 0.75 2013-07-05 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/t/5158f185e4b01a74bb8342fa/1364783493674/jl_beshtmikvah.jpg Chapter 3: Places https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f185e4b01a74bb8342f9/1364783521070/jl_beshtmikvah.jpg Chapter 3: Places - Mikvah of Besht Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, later known as Ba'al Shem Tov ("Master of Good Name"), also called by the acronym Besht, was the founder of Hasidism. In the 1830s, he lived in the Carpathian Mountains, digging clay for bricks. Legend tells of the existence of Mikvah of Besht, a creek where Ba'al Shem Tov conducted spiritual cleansing. Nobody knew where the exact location was. Finally, the village elders pointed us to a location where we came upon a small mountain spring not indicated on any map. A small waterfall provided the only place where the water was deep enough for a person to bathe. Since that time, this place has become one of the centers for pilgrimage for Hasidim from all over the world. Vizhenka, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f186e4b06ce822a2ce65/1364783535396/jl_chernovtzy.jpg Chapter 3: Places - Jewish Cemetery at Chernovtzy https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f187e4b0fc0d946cca2f/1364783558962/jl_mejibozhbratskaya.jpg Chapter 3: Places - At the Mass Grave Half the Jewish population of Mejibozh lies in this mass grave. The other half is buried a few meters away in an identical grave. On September 22nd of every year, the anniversary of their execution, relatives come from every corner of the country to pay their respects to those who perished. As the years go by, the number of visitors dwindles. Mejibozh, Ukraine. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f187e4b02f77ba79b18b/1364783588261/jl_mejibozhgeese.jpg Chapter 3: Places - Medjibozh Geese Medjibozh, the hometown of Ba'al Shem Tov, was once one of the greatest spiritual centers of Judaism. Before the Second World War, its Jewish population numbered 5,000 people. After the war, only two remained. 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https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/51da7580e4b001cbc64ef1bf/51da774ee4b03b00fe4aff70/1373271887885/Chukotka+Kids.jpg Chukotka https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/51da7580e4b001cbc64ef1bf/51da774fe4b03b00fe4aff72/1373271888093/Chukotka.jpg Chukotka https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/51da7580e4b001cbc64ef1bf/51da774fe4b0a4195e570ffb/1373271888319/Eskimo.jpg Chukotka https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/51da7580e4b001cbc64ef1bf/51da774fe4b07e30234185f9/1373271889007/One-on-One.jpg Chukotka https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/51da7580e4b001cbc64ef1bf/51da774fe4b0bd06a5f5a462/1373271889045/Zagnali.jpg Chukotka https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/51da7580e4b001cbc64ef1bf/51da774fe4b0a4195e570ffd/1373271888848/Salut-Egvekinot.jpg Chukotka https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/51da7580e4b001cbc64ef1bf/51da774fe4b0fc2d0dfbddb5/1373271889115/Herdsman.jpg Chukotka http://www.yurilev.com/chapter-3-places daily 0.75 2013-04-01 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f185e4b01a74bb8342f9/1364783521070/jl_beshtmikvah.jpg Chapter 3: Places - Mikvah of Besht Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, later known as Ba'al Shem Tov ("Master of Good Name"), also called by the acronym Besht, was the founder of Hasidism. In the 1830s, he lived in the Carpathian Mountains, digging clay for bricks. Legend tells of the existence of Mikvah of Besht, a creek where Ba'al Shem Tov conducted spiritual cleansing. Nobody knew where the exact location was. Finally, the village elders pointed us to a location where we came upon a small mountain spring not indicated on any map. A small waterfall provided the only place where the water was deep enough for a person to bathe. Since that time, this place has become one of the centers for pilgrimage for Hasidim from all over the world. Vizhenka, Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f186e4b06ce822a2ce65/1364783535396/jl_chernovtzy.jpg Chapter 3: Places - Jewish Cemetery at Chernovtzy https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f188e4b05239ba89941a/1364783610643/jl_vilnius.jpg Chapter 3: Places - Vilnius https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f187e4b0fc0d946cca2f/1364783558962/jl_mejibozhbratskaya.jpg Chapter 3: Places - At the Mass Grave Half the Jewish population of Mejibozh lies in this mass grave. The other half is buried a few meters away in an identical grave. On September 22nd of every year, the anniversary of their execution, relatives come from every corner of the country to pay their respects to those who perished. As the years go by, the number of visitors dwindles. Mejibozh, Ukraine. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea2ee4b052be773707a4/5158f187e4b02f77ba79b18b/1364783588261/jl_mejibozhgeese.jpg Chapter 3: Places - Medjibozh Geese Medjibozh, the hometown of Ba'al Shem Tov, was once one of the greatest spiritual centers of Judaism. Before the Second World War, its Jewish population numbered 5,000 people. After the war, only two remained. Mejibozh, Ukraine. 1988. http://www.yurilev.com/chapter-2-forgotten-stones daily 0.75 2013-04-01 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f032e4b06ce822a2cb42/1364783298645/jl_polonnoye.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Polonnoye - Birkat Cohanim Color painting was rarely used at Jewish monuments. This is a 1920s tombstone in Polonnoye. The photograph features a fragment of the tombstone with the Birkat Cohanim ("Blessing of Cohen"). Polonnoye, Ukraine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f02be4b0fc0d946cc747/1364783390979/Brody.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Brody Jewish Cemetery in Brody, Ukraine. Brody, Ukraine. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f02ce4b0ec1768da77b1/1364783261006/jl_orgeyev.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Orgeyev Orgeyev, Moldavia (former Bessarabia). 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f02ce4b02f77ba79aa74/1364783232752/jl_door.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Door This photograph was taken in a nearly-abandoned Jewish cemetary. Kaunas' Jewish population decreased significantly after WWII. As often happened with abandoned cemetaries, local people took bricks from the cemetary for building purposes. Kaunas (Kovno), Lithuania. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f032e4b0e1be8849f731/1364783428084/Koretz.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Goats and Stones Jewish Cemetery in Koretz, Ukraine. Koretz, Ukraine. 1988. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f036e4b02f77ba79aa96/1364783359729/Sadgora_3736+.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Sadgora Jewish cemetery in Sadgora, near Chernovtzy, Ukraine. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5158dc6fe4b01a74bb830282/5158ea23e4b052be7737078d/5158f02be4b01a74bb833d8f/1364783199193/jl_breakingdissolving.jpg Chapter 2: Forgotten Stones - Breaking, Dissolving... Always when I came to a village where Jews used to live, I searched for the cemetery. Oftentimes, only its traces remained. However, some cemeteries, even being abandoned, remained almost intact, dating back as far as the 17th century. For Jews of the Pale of Settlement, the tradition of carving gravestones was well-developed. Frequently, the symbols on the gravestone determined the profession and social status of its owner. Birkat Cohanim ("Blessing of Cohen") usually marked Cohens' graves. Medzhibozh, Ukraine. 1988. http://www.yurilev.com/about daily 0.75 2013-07-05 http://www.yurilev.com/introduction daily 0.75 2013-04-01 http://www.yurilev.com/shop daily 0.75 2013-07-03