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15th Annual Greater Detroit
Chapter of Hadassah Rummage
Collection and Sale. Various
dates and times. Sarah & Ralph
Davidson Hadassah House,
5030 Orchard Lake Rd,
West Bloomfield
Tombstones from page 92
amassed some 600 items, including
ritual objects, silverware, textiles,
ceramics, photographs and docu-
ments, most of which are on dis-
play in the museum.
Recent archaeological excava-
tions in the Crimea have revealed
the ancient roots of the area's
Jewish community.
Tombstones prove the presence
of Greek-speaking Jews in Eastern
Crimea as early as the first cen-
tury B.C.E. Some of them lived
in what is now Kerch, known in
ancient times as the Greek town of
Panticapaeum.
But the museum doesn't own any
of these antique tombstones. The
collection at the synagogue consists
of 16 gravestones, from the 18th to
the 20th centuries.
Vertical tombstones are typi-
cal for Ashkenazic Jewish culture,
while horizontal ones are more
typical of Sephardic culture
A local arts museum has more
examples of Jewish tombstones,
while some of the most ancient
stones from Kerch may be seen
in the collection of the Hermitage
Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
After the fall of communism,
Jewish tradition began to come
back to life in Kerch. There are cur-
rently 1,000 members of the city's
Reform congregation.
This fall, Kerch's Jewish com-
munity will erect the town's first
Jewish monument since World
War II. A stone shaped like an
open book of Torah will be
installed at Bagerov Yar, the site of
a massacre of Kerch Jews during
the Holocaust.
Rummage Sale hours:
9 am - 5 pm, Wed-Thurs, Nu/15-16
9 am - 3 pm, Fri, Nov 17.
9 am - 2 pm, Sun, Nov 19
(Bag Day).
Admission is free.
Proceeds benefit Hadassah's
healthcare, educational,
social programs.
Accepting gently used clothing,
toys, small household items,
linens, jewelry, coats. etc.,
9 am - 3:30 pm, Thurs-Fri, Nov 2-3. For more information,
call Hadassah,
9 am - 1 pm, Sun, Nov 5.
(248) 683-5030.
Merchandise should be bagged,
labeled with name and phone.
Please bring to Hadassah House.
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President
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announces the unveiling of a
monument in her memory at
1:00 pm Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006
at Machpelah Cemetery. Family
and friends are invited to attend.
Valentina Polyakova, director of
the Kerch Jewish Museum, dis-
plays a tombstone.