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              Jewish
                      Cemetery 
                      בית עלמין יהודי 
                     Latitude 46° 58'
                9.12 N    Longditude 27°56' 48.48 E 
              
              
                
                  
                      
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                    Earliest Death
                              Register 1850 
                              In the 1852 Death Register
                                  five deaths all buried in Iasi 
                                  In 1864 four in Husi & one in Iasi 
                                  The first recorded burials in
                                  Raducaneni were 15 in 1866 
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                      to see each grave by its plot number: 
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                    Ion Balint 
                      (Tel: 0765 820 593) 
                      Key holder for the Jewish Cemetery | 
                   
                  
                      
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                    Latest from Google Earth 
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                In May
                    2011, Marcel Glaskie went for the third time to
                    Raducaneni  where he
                    engaged six local labourers to work for a week in
                    the Jewish cemetery as  part
                    of a personal restoration project. Their task was to
                    cut down the trees and wild, overgrown vegetation  in order to expose all the
                    gravestones and then to clean the inscriptions on
                    the stones. 
                
                When this was done, Marcel Glaskie
                    surveyed the area and drew up a detailed plan of all
                    the graves. He took photographs of all the graves
                    with visible inscriptions  and
                    it is hoped that they will appear in this site in
                    the near future. 
                 
                
                Marcel
                    Glaskie found an area with gravestones relating to
                    the earliest days of Jewish settlement in Raducaneni
                    and is reasonably convinced there is only one Jewish
                    cemetery. The results of his research contradict the
                    official surveys which claim that there are two
                    cemeteries in the small township. 
                  
                Details
                        of the cemetery as it is today appear below. 
                     
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              The Jewish Cemetery
                    in Rǎducǎneni  
                    May 2011 
                   
              The Jewish cemetery located 2.2
                  km from the town centre, high on a hill north-east of
                  the town, remains as a valuable historical record of
                  the Jewish people who conducted the commercial life of
                  19th century Rǎducǎneni
                     
                 
               
              The original Jewish community,
                  invited by the Hatman Raducanu
                  Roset, probably
                  came to Rǎducǎneni in the late 1830s from
                  Galicia for the   purpose of creating a
                  commercial hub on the main highway, halfway between
                  Iasi and Husi 
                   
                 
              According to Mr. Ion Balint, the
                  caretaker and key holder of the Jewish cemetery, there
                  are 570 Jewish graves 
                   
                 
              Most of the gravestones have the
                  plot number cut in the face of the monuments. The plot numbers, however, have no bearing on
                  the date of the burial. It is quite obvious that
                  people in the Jewish community purchased their burial
                  plots long before they died, probably to finance the
                  purchase of the land and the establishment and
                  maintenance of the Jewish cemetery. For example, plot
                  number 1 (one), in the area called the old cemetery
                  bears the inscription Natan Engelberg and is dated 12th
                  Tamuz 5677 = July 1918 
                   
                 
              Probably the oldest grave in the cemetery, is
                  plot number 148 (one hundred and forty eight) located
                  in the area called the new cemetery. The date on the
                  stone is in Hebrew 19th Tamuz 5626 = July
                  1867. The inscription reads “The boy, Chaim David son of Yehudah Leib”. There is no family
                  name 
                   
                 
              The last burial plot is that of Moise Malca
                  dated April 16, 1983 
                   
                 
              The cemetery area of 2.62 hectares is
                  enclosed by a modern wire fence fixed to concrete
                  posts and metal gates at the south west corner, which
                  replaced the original wooden fence. The original
                  entrance was about 214 meters beyond the existing
                  metal gates 
                   
                 
              Inside the original entrance there once stood
                  a a mortuary hall (Ohel in
                  Hebrew). This construction was used for washing and
                  preparing the corpse for burial (Tahara in
                  Hebrew). It was also used for short burial services
                  and eulogies before internment. The Ohel received its
                  water supply from a nearby spring 
                   
                 
              Adjacent to the Ohel is an unmarked gravestone,
                  which was probably the place traditionally designated
                  for burying dilapidated prayer books and other sacred
                  writings, which contained the holy name of the Creator
                   
                   
              
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                    In September 2011,
                      Marcel Glaskie went for the fourth time to Rǎducǎneni,  where he engaged eight
                      local labourers to work for nine days in the
                      Jewish cemetery, as phase two of a personal
                      restoration project, sponsored by Jewish families
                      from around the world, who originated from Rǎducǎneni.
                    
                      
                        
                         
                        
                          
                            
                              
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
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                                      New
                                        extended road 
                                        built over the original lane 
                                        looking down 
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                                      Extended
                                        road to cemetery,  
                                        constructed by the  
                                        Mayor Mr. Neculai Botezatu  
                                        in the summer of 2011 | 
                                      New
                                        extended road 
                                        built over the original lane 
                                        looking up 
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                                Phase
                                      two
                                
                                On
                                    entering the cemetery, it was
                                    discovered that part of the area
                                    which had been cleared in May 2011
                                    had become a new jungle. On close
                                    examination, it was discovered that
                                    in the area in which all the
                                    vegetation had been cut down to
                                    earth level, seeds had germinated in
                                    the clean soil and new shoots nearly
                                    two meters tall had sprouted. In the
                                    areas where a light ground cover of
                                    grass had been left, there were very
                                    few new weeds or trees. 
                                  
                                It
                                    took two days for six men to clear
                                    away the new vegetation and to leave
                                    a light ground cover of grass. I
                                    hope this will be sufficient to
                                    ensure minimum growth of new
                                    vegetation before my next visit in
                                    the spring of 2012. 
                                  
                                    
                                   
                                In
                                    the nine working days at our
                                    disposal, most of the time was spent
                                    in the cemetery. 
                                The main gates to
                                    the cemetery were painted in blue
                                    and a white Magen David stencilled
                                    on the face of the gate. There had
                                    been an error in the original date
                                    of the establishment of the cemetery
                                    so an extra sign correcting the
                                    error was affixed. In order to allow
                                    Mr. Ion Balint, the official key
                                    holder, easy access to the cemetery,
                                    a personnel gate was made and fixed
                                    on the north east side. 
                                  
                                   
                                A
                                    lot of time was spent in restoring
                                    graves, recording graves and
                                    searching for graves. The work was
                                    very varied and very time-consuming
                                    but there came with
                                    it the excitement of discovery. 
                                  
                                Some was routine,
                                    just sheer hard work: the damaged
                                    metal railings around some of the
                                    graves were re-assembled and
                                    secured: all the fallen grave stones
                                    in the cemetery area were lifted and
                                    set in place neatly, either in their
                                    correct location according to their
                                    numbers, or in the location where
                                    they were discovered. Photographs of
                                    the inscriptions were then taken. 
                                     
                                   
                                But
                                    there were also surprises. Trees and
                                    vegetation in the area thought to
                                    contain the graves of suicides were
                                    cut down and cleared.  
                                    In the process, a large
                                    number of small grave stones,
                                    probably marking the graves of
                                    children, were exposed.  A large
                                    area of vegetation to the north east
                                    of the general area of graves was
                                    cleared and approximately 50 more
                                    graves were discovered. Many of them
                                    were covered by 30 cm. of earth
                                    which had piled up, washed down by
                                    the winter rains. There are probably
                                    many more graves still covered by
                                    this movement of earth as a result
                                    of erosion. 
                                 
                                   
                                In
                                    an area north west of the general
                                    area of graves, approximately ten
                                    grave stones all in matching design
                                    were discovered. 
                                    Their inscriptions,  in Hebrew,
                                    stated that the deceased laid to
                                    rest here had been murdered,
                                    probably in a pogrom.  
                                   
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
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                                      Row
                                        of graves from a Pogrom 
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                                Altogether,
                                    several hundred grave stones were
                                    cleaned and their inscriptions
                                    photographed.  
                                   
                                 
                                     
                                   
                                I
                                    also  had
                                    time to re-examine the area of the
                                    original entrance and I found the
                                    foundations of a second building It
                                    is likely that this was once the
                                    home of the caretaker to the
                                    cemetery. 
                                 
                                     
                                   
                                In the
                                  village itself, I wanted to  mark the
                                  last remaining buildings that were
                                  once connected with their Jewish past.  I had taken
                                  from Israel  two
                                  signs, each written in three
                                  languages, Roumanian, English and
                                  Hebrew. These signs, each indicating
                                  an ancient monument, one for the
                                  Jewish school and one for the building
                                  that once housed the last old
                                  synagogue, were affixed by the Mayor
                                  to the buildings. 
                                   
                                At
                                  this point, on Tuesday the 13th
                                  of September, I organised a triple
                                  dedication ceremony at the Jewish
                                  cemetery, the Jewish school and the
                                  old synagogue, followed by a
                                  reception, attended by 100 people
                                  including the Mayor and town council,
                                  the administrators of the schools, and
                                  the citizens who had assisted me on
                                  all my visits. The president of the
                                  Iasi Jewish community, with the Cantor
                                  and members of the Iasi community,
                                  together with the President of the
                                  Husi Jewish Community and members of
                                  the Husi community, also participated
                                  in the dedication ceremony.
                                
                                  
                                    
                                        
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                                      The
                                        Mayor of Rǎducǎneni 
                                          Mr. Neculai Botezatu 
                                          unvailing the plaque on the
                                          gates of the Jewish cemetery 
                                          13th September 2011 
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                                Cimitirul Evreiesc din Răducăneni  
                                           
                                  
                                    
                                  http://www.comunaraducaneni.ro/Rev%20Inf%20Rad/NR%2021.pdf
                                  
                                  Cimitirul
                                      evreiesc localizat la 2.2 km
                                      centrul comunei, pe dealul dinspre
                                      nord-estul comunei, rămâne o
                                      dovadă vie a poporului evreu care
                                      a dominat viaţa în Răducăneniul
                                      secolului XIX. 
                                       
                                    Comunitatea originară
                                      evreiască, invitaţi de Hatmanul
                                      Răducanu Roset, vine probabil în
                                      Răducăneni, pe la 1830, din
                                      Galiţia pentru a constitui un
                                      centru comercial la jumătatea
                                      drumului dintre Iaşi şi Huşi. 
                                      
                                    După spusele domnului Ion
                                      Balint, îngrijitorul cimitirului
                                      evreiesc, aici sunt 570 morminte
                                      evreieşti. 
                                     
                                    Majoritatea pietrelor
                                      de mormânt au numărul parcelei
                                      gravat pe faţa monumentului. Cu
                                      toate acestea, numărul nu face
                                      referire la data înmormântării.
                                      Este evident aşadar că
                                      oamenii din comunitatea evreiască
                                      şi-au inscripţionat mormintele cu
                                      mult înainte de a muri, probabil
                                      pentru a finanţa preluarea
                                      pământului şi a locuinţei, precum
                                      şi întreţinerea cimitirului
                                      evreiesc. De exemplu, parcela nr.
                                      1 aflata în vechiul cimitir poartă
                                      inscripţia Natan Engelberg şi
                                      datează din 12 Tamuz 4677 adică
                                      iulie 1918. 
                                     
                                    Cel mai vechi monument funerar
                                      din cimitir se pare că este cel cu
                                      nr. 148, aflat în noul cimitir.
                                      Data de pe piatra de mormânt este
                                      19 Tamuz 5626, adică iulie 1867.
                                      Pe inscripţie scrie "Băiatul Chaim
                                      David fiul lui Yehudah Leib" (Nu
                                      există un nume de familie
                                      precizat). 
                                     
                                    Ultima piatră de mormânt este a
                                      lui Moise Malca şi datează din 16
                                      aprilie 1983. Cimitirul cuprinde
                                      2.62 ha şi e înconjurat de un gard
                                      modern fixat în beton, cu porţi
                                      metalice în colţul dinspre
                                      sud-vest, care înlocuiesc gardul
                                      original din lemn. Intrarea
                                      originală (iniţială) era la 214 m
                                      dincolo de actualele porţi. 
                                      
                                    Chiar la intrarea era o dată o
                                      capelă (Ohel în
                                      ebraică). Această construcţie a
                                      fost cea folosită pentru a spăla
                                      şi pregăti trupurile pentru
                                      înmormântare (Tahara
                                      în ebraică). 
                                      Era de asemenea folosită pentru
                                      scurte servicii memoriale înainte
                                      de înmormântare. 
                                      
                                      Capela avea apă de la un izvor din
                                      apropiere. Lângă capelă se află o
                                      piatră de mormânt
                                      neinscripţionată, care a fost
                                      probabil locul tradiţional pentru
                                      a îngropa cărţile de rugăciuni sau
                                      alte înscrisuri sacre, care
                                      conţineau numele sacru al
                                      Creatorului (Geniza
                                      în ebraică). 
                                     
                                    In mai 2011, Marcel Adrian
                                      Glaskie, un urmaş a unei familii
                                      evreieşti din Răducăneni, a
                                      îndrumat un larg proiect de
                                      restaurare şi supraveghere a
                                      cimitirului evreiesc, cu ajutorul
                                      unui grup local format 5
                                      muncitori. Ierburile au fost
                                      tăiate, iar pietrele de mormânt au
                                      fost curăţate şi catalogate.
                                      Pentru el, a fost o misiune
                                      personală sentimentală de a scoate
                                      la lumină lumea strămoşilor săi şi
                                      de asemeni un serviciu public de
                                      arăta o importantă perioadă din
                                      istoria Răducăneniului.  
                                       
                                      de Marcel Adriane Glaskie. 
                                   
                                  
                                   
                                      Sunteti invitati + You're Invited
                                     
                                  
                                    By
                                      Prof. Marietta Matei  
                                      in "Vestea
 buna"
                                          October 2011 
                                        the magazine of the
                                          Orthodox Community. 
                                           
                                         
                                    Aşa scria pe invitaţia pe care
                                      am primit-o de la Domnul Marcel
                                      Adrian Glaskie, entuziastul evreu
                                      care, de câteva luni, a-a ocupat
                                      de repunerea în drepturile fireşti
                                      a trei monumente istorice
                                      consfinţind existenţa, la
                                      Răducăneni, timp de aproape 200 de
                                      ani a unei puternice comunităti
                                      evreieşti. Este vorba
                                      despre evenimentul care a avut loc
                                      în ziua de marţi, 13 septembrie
                                      2011, şi a costat în dezvelirea a
                                      trei plăci comemorative în limba
                                      română, engleză şi idiş,
                                      evidenţiind Cimitirul Evreiesc,
                                      Şcoala Evreiască (azi, Şcoala Nr.
                                      2) şi a Vechii Sinagoge (azi
                                      atelierul de tâmplărie al lui
                                      Cezar Bulai)
                                    
                                    Domnul Marcel este acum bine
                                      cunoscut la Răducăneni. Cu un
                                      suflet larg şi cuceritor, cu un
                                      zâmbet la fel, plin de o energie
                                      şi vitalitate uimitoare, Domnul
                                      Marcel ţi se pare cunoscut de-o
                                      viaţă. Nu vorbeşte româneşte (deşi
                                      cred că înţelege mai multdecât
                                      vrea să arate!), ci o engleză
                                      fluentă - atotcuprinzătoare, căci
                                      o exprimă nu numai prin lexic,
                                      cişi cu ochii, cu mâinile, cu
                                      mimica expresivă, încât îl
                                      înţelegi. chiar dacă n-ai învăţat
                                      engleza. A cercetat
                                      arhive, a vorbit cu oameni, a
                                      format echipe de colaboratori şi a
                                      pus în aplicare gândul de
                                      recunoaştere faţă de strămoşii săi
                                      (aăci, din câte ştiu, străbunicii
                                      dumnealui au locuit în
                                      Răducăneni).
                                    
                                    A curăţat Cimitirul Evreiesc,
                                      năpădit de tufişuri, a ordonat cât
                                      s-a putut monumentele funerare, a
                                      împrejmuit terenul şi a pus
                                      poartă, la care străjuiesc
                                      (deocamdată) două prăştini cu
                                      drapelele românesc şi al Israel.
                                      Pe poartă este o placă pe care
                                      scrie în româneşte, în engleză şi
                                      ebraivă faptul că acolo este
                                      Cimitirul Evreiesc - monument
                                      istoric. Mai mici, dar tot în trei
                                      limbi şi cu acelaşi conţinut, sunt
                                      plăcile puse pe zidul Şcolii Nr. 2
                                      şi pe... stâlpul de electricitate
                                      de lângă Vechea Sinagogă (n-am
                                      înţeles bine cine şi de ce a
                                      refuzat montarea pe zid).
                                    
                                    Au fost prezenţi invitaţi de
                                      marcă din partea Comunităţii
                                      Evreieşti: Dl. Geldman Abraham -
                                      preşedintele Comunităţii Evreieşti
                                      din Iaşi; Dl. Rozenberg Rudolf -
                                      oficiant cult; Dl. Rotenstein
                                      Carol, Dl. Lozneanu Albert -
                                      consilier juridic; Dl. Bernard,
                                      Dl. Steimberg - profesor de
                                      merceologie de la Huşi şi alţii,
                                      mai tineri, copii. La Cimitir s-a
                                      ţinut o slujbă comemorativă şi s-a
                                      împrăştiat pământ adus din Ţara
                                      Sfântă, de la Ierusalim. Rostită
                                      şi în româneşte, ne-am dat cu
                                      toţii seama că  Rugăciunea
                                      pentru cei răposaţi nu este cu
                                      mult diferită faţă de cele ale
                                      noastre - ortodocşi şi catolici,
                                      că toţi ne dorim ca cei morţi să
                                      ajungă în Împărăţia şi în grija
                                      lui Dumnezeu. Au ţinut scurte
                                      alocuţiuni Dl. Marcel Adrian
                                      Glaskie şi Dl. Primar, ing Neculai
                                      Botezatu, care a dezvelit placa de
                                      comemorare. S-au adus mulţumiri
                                      oficialităţilor comunei, care au
                                      amenajat drumul de acces spre
                                      Cimitirul Evreiesc, şi au ajutat
                                      la precizarea unor date de arhivă,
                                      domnilor Ion Balint şi Sandu Bişog
                                      - cei care au coordonat tinerii
                                      lucrători şi au grijă de acest
                                      monument. (va urma)
                                     
                                      
                                      אתם מוזמנים      
                                      מאת פרופ. מריאטה מאטי.  
                                        "Vestea buna" פורסם במגזין
                                      הקהילה האורתודוקסית 
                                      אוקטובר 2011.
                                       
                                      "אתם מוזמנים" זה מה שהיה רשום
                                      בהזמנה שקיבלתי ממר מרסל אדריאן
                                      גלסקי, יהודי נלהב שפעם זה, כמה
                                      חודשים לשיחזורן הטבעי של שלוש
                                      מצבות הזיכרון ההיסטוריות ברדוקנני,
                                      שהן עדות לקיום 200 שנה של קהילה
                                      יהודית רבת עוצמה. האירוע נערך ביום
                                      שלישי, ה13 לספטמבר, 2011, בו הוצגו
                                      שלושה לוחות הנצחה עם כתובות בארבע
                                      שפות: רומנית, אנגלית, יידיש
                                      ועברית, המסמנים את בית העלמין
                                      היהודי, בית הספר היהודי (כיום בית
                                      ספר מס. 2) ובית הכנסת הישן (כיום
                                      נגריה' צ'זר בולאי). 
                                      מר מרסל גלסקי הוא דמות ידועה
                                      ברדוקנני.  
                                      הוא איש עם נשמה גדולה ומקסימה, עם
                                      חיוך רחב ובעל אנרגיה וחיוניות
                                      מדהימה. נראה לנו כאילו שמר מרסל חי
                                      בקרבנו מאז ומעולם. 
                                      אמנם הוא אינו דובר רומנית (אם כי
                                      לדעתי הוא מבין יותר ממה שהוא רוצה
                                      לגלות לנו...) אבל הוא דובר אנגלית
                                      שוטפת ומקיפה, שכן הוא מתבטא לא רק
                                      באמצעות המילים, אלא גם באמצעות
                                      עיניו, מבטו, ידיו ותנועות גופו, כך
                                      שאתה מבין אותו גם אם לא למדת
                                      אנגלית מעולם.
                                       
                                      הוא חקר בארכיונים, דיבר עם אנשים,
                                      הקים צוות עובדים, יישם בפועל את
                                      החקירה אחר אבותיו (ככל הידוע לי,
                                      כאן ברדוקנני, התגוררו סביו). 
                                       
                                      בית הקברות היהודי, שלפני בואו היה
                                      מוצף בשיחים, נוקה. מר מרסל עשה ככל
                                      יכולתו לסדר את מצבות הקבורה, גדר
                                      את שטח בית העלמין והתקין שער,
                                      שלצדיו מוצבים שני עמודים הנושאים
                                      שני דגלים, אחד של רומניה ואחד של
                                      ישראל. על השער התקין שלט "בית
                                      העלמין היהודי". השלט רשום בשלוש
                                      שפות: רומנית, עברית ואנגלית. 
                                      שלטים קטנים יותר הנושאים כתובת
                                      באותן השפות, ממוקמים על בית הספר
                                      מספר 2, ועל עמוד החשמל ליד בית
                                      הכנסת הישן. 
                                       
                                      בטקס זה השתתפו אורחים רמי דרג מן
                                      הקהילה היהודית: 
                                      מר אברהם גלדמן, נשיא קבילת יהודי
                                      יאש.  
                                      מר רוזנברג רודולף- מנהל טקסים
                                      דתיים. 
                                      מר רוטנשטיין קרול, מר לוזרנו
                                      אלברט- היועצים המשפטיים. 
                                      מר שטיינבררג ומר ברנרד- מורים
                                      לשיווק בעיירה "חוש".  
                                      וגם צעירים אחרים וילדים.
                                       
                                      בבית העלמין נערך טקס אזכרה לנפטרים
                                      ואדמה שהובאה מירושלים, ארץ הקודש,
                                      פוזרה. 
                                      היות והטקס נערך בשפה הרומנית
                                      יכולנו להבין את התפילות, שאינן
                                      שונות בהרבה מהתפילות של
                                      האורתודוקסים והקתולים. 
                                      כולנו מייחלים שנשמות מתינו יכנסו
                                      למלכות שמיים, למלכות האל.
                                       
                                      בתום האזכרה מר מרסל אדריאן גלסקי
                                      וראש העיר, המהנדס ניקולאי בוטזטו,
                                      נשאו נאום קצר אשר הציג בפני הקהל
                                      את שלט ההנצחה של בית העלמין. 
                                      בנוסף, הושמעו דברי תודה מרגשים לכל
                                      אלה שסייעו בשיפוץ:  
                                      לאנשי הכפר, שסללו את כביש הגישה
                                      לבית הקברות היהודי וידעו במדוייק
                                      על כמה ממצאים היסטוריים. 
                                      בנוסף הוקדשו מילות תודה למר יון
                                      בישוג וסנדו באלינט שהקימו צוות
                                      עובדים צעיר הדואג כעת לבית העלמין. 
                                      ההמשך יבוא. 
                                       
                                      תורגם ע"י רחל שמואל 
                                      
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                                    Phase
                                          three 
                                       
                                        June 2012 
                                      During six of the eight days spent
                                      in Raducaneni, I once again,
                                      engaged the same eight dedicated
                                      local workers, whom I had employed
                                      to help me restore the Jewish
                                      cemetery on my previous two
                                      visits. This time, having gained
                                      experience in my requirements, the
                                      team of men, was able to work with
                                      the minimum of supervision from
                                      me.  They
                                      again cleared the new vegetation
                                      in the Jewish cemetery, and probed
                                      the ground to find covered grave
                                      stones, which we knew existed from
                                      my previous visit. They managed to
                                      locate some thirty flat stones
                                      which they had to excavate and
                                      uncover by hand, moving the earth
                                      in wheel barrows. Some graves were
                                      covered by as much as 70 cm (28
                                      inches) of compacted earth. They
                                      cleaned the inscriptions and I
                                      photographed each grave. We have
                                      no doubt that there are many more
                                      grave stones which are still
                                      covered and which will also
                                      require excavation by hand. This I
                                      hope to complete on my next visit
                                      in 2013, which will be ‘Phase
                                        Four’  
                                     
                                     
                                 
                               
                              
                                
                                  
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                                       There
                                              is only one Jewish
                                              Cemetery in Rǎducǎneni, 
                                        contrary
to
                                              the reports below: 
                                         
                                      
                                          
                                      
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                              The cemetery is
                                located on a hill north of the town of
                                Rǎducǎneni.
                              See location on Google map
                                  below.
                              Visited by Marcel
                                Glaskie December 2004
                              Visited by Stella
                                Statman, Liz Dobson & Marcel Glaskie
                                May 2005 
                              Visited by
                                Marcel Glaskie December 2011
                              
                              
                              To
                                    expand the size of the map and any
                                    of the photos,  
                                    left click on the image
                              
                                
                                  
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                                    Ion
                                      Balint  (Tel: 0765 820 593) 
                                      Key holder for the Jewish Cemetery | 
                                   
                                  
                                      
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                                    The
                                      late Teodoru Vasile 
                                      Key holder of the Răducăneni
                                      Jewish Cemetery in 1980 
                                      Photo taken by Gerard Bercovici of
                                      Paris 
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                                    Cadastral
                                      map indication the location &
                                      file number  
                                      of the Răducăneni Jewish Cemetery 
                                      Parcela 646 - Tarla 23 - Plan 12 
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                                    Cadastral
                                      map indicating the file number 
                                      of the agricultural land in the
                                      Jewish Cemetery 
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                                    Sketch
                                      of the Jewish cemetery made in
                                      July 2012  
                                      by Ing. Viorel Vartic,  
                                      as he remembered it in the past. 
                                      Viorel Vartic lives in the last
                                      house before arriving at the
                                      cemetery. 
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                                      The mayor and his deputy
                                        inspect the restoration 
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                                      in
                                          the Jewish Cemetery, 18th May
                                          2011 
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                                      The Mayor
                                        of Răducăneni, Neculai Botezatu 
                                        The Deputy Mayor, Claudiu
                                        Fechete 
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                                      The Mayor
                                        of Răducăneni,  
                                        Neculai Botezatu 
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                                      Adrian
                                        (Dinu) Augustin and Madalina
                                        Carp 
                                        fixing sign board to cemetery
                                        gates 
                                        (Date on sign  to be
                                        corrected) 
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                                      Marcel
                                        Glaskie  
                                          and his local agent,
                                        Madalina Carp 
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                                      Ariel Caner
                                         
                                        with is mother and his three
                                        children  
                                        visiting the  
                                        Răducăneni Jewish cemetery  
                                         
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                                      View by
                                        Ariel Caner 
                                        on  
                                        Sunday 7th August 2011 
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                                    For information
                                            on the Rǎducǎneni Jewish  
                                            cemetery restoration
                                            project, please
                                            contact  
                                          Marcel
                                            Glaskie 
                                          List of contributors
                                            to the restoration fund. 
                                          Yehudit & Sorrel Rubin 
                                          Sara & Yisrael Blumenfeld 
                                        Bezalel
                                          Liberman
                                      Ariel Caner
                                      Svetlana & Dmitriy
                                          Goldvekht
                                      Joseph Beenstock
                                      Diane & Michael
                                          Schneerer
                                      Stuart Basger
                                      Moshe Yassur
                                      Harold Rubins
                                      Jonathan Lieberman
                                      Linda Alcock
                                      Harold Dobson
                                      Rachel Shmuel
                                      Anca Weiss
                                      Sandra & Selwyn
                                          Levine
                                      Lynne & Jimmy Attias 
                                          Valerie Arnon 
                                          Rachel & Michael Beenstock 
                                          Felicia Caner 
                                          Ilan Caner 
                                          Isabel Berger 
                                          Rachel Scorzaru 
                                          Harvey Basger 
                                          Norman Beenstock 
                                          Sandi & Arthur Goldsmith 
                                          Warren Rubins 
                                          Allan Mendelson 
                                          Jill Robinson 
                                          Stella Statman 
                                          Reba Cohen 
                                          Susan Kalish 
                                          Murray Schechter 
                                          Elissa Boyet 
                                          Helen Mendelson 
                                          Sheila Mendleson 
                                          Nina Lee 
                                          Len Brown 
                                          Sue Lever 
                                          Eric Greene 
                                          Maurice Greene  
                                          David Arielli 
                                          Heather Kitay 
                                          Danielle Feldman 
                                          Chana Riga 
                                          Ron & Cheril Elowitz 
                                          Thank
                                            you for your generosity 
                                            Any
                                                  contributor wishing to
                                                  see the balance sheet,
                                                  please contact me. 
                                            
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                                  Letter
                                    from Dr. Aurel Vainer,  
                                    President of The Federatia
                                    Comunitatilor Evreiesti din Romania
                                    - Cultul Mozaic 
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                                  Fallen tall
                                    monuments,  
                                    caused by earthquakes 
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                                  Proposed method
                                    of reinstating  
                                    fallen stones. 
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                                  Local workers
                                    assisting in the restoration 
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                                  Traian and
                                    Victor Visan 
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                                  | Clearing the
                                    vegetation  | 
                                  Petru
                                    Condurachi 
                                    Archaeologist  | 
                                 
                                
                                    
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                                  Moshe Yassur 
                                    reciting prayer at his grandmother's
                                    grave 
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                                  Petru
                                    Condurachi 
                                    Archaeologist 
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                                    Viorel
                                    Vartic and Teodor Mocanu 
                                    next to the Geniza 
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                                  Finding a
                                    hidden grave, dated 1938 
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                                  Before removing
                                    the trees and vegetation 
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                                  After removing
                                    the trees and vegetation 
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                                  The earliest
                                    grave found so far. 
                                    Grave number 78 dated 1866 
                                    15th Adar 5626 
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                                  The last burial 
                                    Moise Malca  
                                    dated 16th April 1983 
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                                  Grave number 1 
                                     
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                                  Grave number 2
                                     
                                    This monument has been damaged  
                                    since my first visit in May 2005  
                                    see original photo below 
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                                  The grave of
                                    Sarah the daughter of  
                                    Yoseph Yehudah Klarman 
                                     passed away 12th Tevet 5657 =
                                    1897 
                                     
                                    This grave number 130 is enscribed
                                    with the prayer 
                                    "El Melech Rachamim" 
                                     
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                                  Is this
                                    vandalism or was it 
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                                  caused
                                    by an earth quake ? 
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                                  Different types 
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                                  of
                                    monuments 
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                                  Concrete
                                    monument 
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                                  Stone monument 
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                                  Granit monument 
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                                  Marble faced
                                    monument 
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                                  Flat concrete
                                    monument 
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                                  Flat stone
                                    monument 
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                                  Monument with
                                    fencing 
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                                  Ornate monument
                                     
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                                  A Stocker 
                                    Stonemason in Iaşi 
                                    Supplier to Răducăneni 
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                                  Location of
                                    Stocker  
                                    stonemason  
                                    near Jewish cemetery Iaşi 
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                                  Last row left 
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                                  Last row centre 
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                                  Last row right 
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                                  Note
                                            that all the inscriptions on
                                            vertical grave stones are on
                                            the back of the monument
                                            facing west,
                                    if
you
                                            know the reason for this,
                                            please contact me 
                                    Marcel
                                          Glaskie 
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                                  To
                                            view photos of the graves by
                                            plot number 
                                        click link below 
                                    This
                                            page is not completly ready
                                            yet,
                                     
                                            it is still under
                                            construction, 
                                            but you can enter by the
                                            link below: 
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                                  photosofgraves.html 
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                                  For
                                            extensive views of the
                                            entire cemetery, 
                                          click link below: 
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                                  Cemetery
                                              Views 
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                                  Photos
                                    taken on previous visits 
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                                  Front gates to
                                    the cemetery 
                                    Hebrew inscription by Bezalel
                                    Liberman 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie  | 
                                  Inside the
                                    gates 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Bezalel Liberman | 
                                  Gates with sign
                                    board  
                                    indicating a Jewish cemetery 
                                    May 2011 
                                    Photo & sign- courtesy of Marcel
                                    Glaskie  
                                    (Date on sign  to be corrected) 
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                                  Lane leading
                                    from  
                                    cemetery to the town 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie | 
                                  View from the
                                    cemetery  
                                    to the town 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
                                     
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                                  Lane leading
                                    from the town  
                                    up to cemetery 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Bezalel Liberman | 
                                 
                                
                                    
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                                  New extended
                                    road 
                                    built over the original lane 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie  
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                                  The gates were
                                    painted in September 2011 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie  
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                                  Marcel Glaskie 
                                    reciting Kaddish at the dedication
                                    in the Jewish cemetery September
                                    2011 
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                                  Field along the
                                    lane 
                                    to the cemetery 
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                                  This was
                                    previously the closest point with a
                                    car, with a walk up the lane to the
                                    right of the car 
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                                  Extended road
                                    to cemetery, constructed by the  
                                    Mayor Mr. Neculai Botezatu  
                                    in the summer of 2011 
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                                  All grave
                                    stones are numbered 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
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                                  General view of
                                    cemetery 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
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                                  Selection of
                                    grave stones 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
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                                In October 2004 Bezalel Liberman visited
                                Rǎducǎneni 
                              Photos - courtesy of Bezalel Liberman 
                               
                            
                              
                                
                                    
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                                  Inside the
                                    cemetery 
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                                  Corn inside the
                                    cemetery 
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                                  General view of
                                    cemetery 
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                                  | General view of
                                    cemetery | 
                                  General view of
                                    cemetery | 
                                  Close-up 
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                                  | Close-up | 
                                  Close-up | 
                                  Close-up | 
                                 
                              
                             
                              
                            
                            
                              
                                
                                    
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                                  Close-up of
                                    grave number 1 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
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                                  Close-up of
                                    grave number 2 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
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                                          Photo
                                            - courtesy of Dr. Henry S.
                                            Glickman 
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                                          Photo
                                            - courtesy of Dr. Henry S.
                                            Glickman 
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                                          Photo
                                            - courtesy of Dr. Henry S.
                                            Glickman 
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                                          Photo
                                            - courtesy of Dr. Henry S.
                                            Glickman 
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                                  Stella, Liz
                                    & Marcel with 
                                    Father Mihai 
                                    & congregation 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
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                                  Stella &
                                    Liz 
                                    The photos were taken in 
                                    May 2005 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
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                                  Stella &
                                    Liz with  
                                    Father Mihai  
                                    & congregation 
                                    Photo - courtesy of Marcel Glaskie 
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                                        Courtesy
                                          of Michael Beenstock who
                                          visited Rǎducǎneni August 2010 
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                                      Extracted from Page 186 from 
                                      Contributii Monografice Asupra 
                                      Vaii Bohotinului Si Vaii Mosnei 
                                      By Prof. Dr. Vicu Merlan 
                                      Extracted
                                          from Lohan, a scientific and
                                          cultural magazine appearing in
                                          Husi,    
                                        Copies of the
                                          magazine can be found on the
                                          internet. 
                                       
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                                       From
                                          the 19th century, the
                                          Raducaneni Jews had a 
                                          place of worship (synagogue)
                                          where the Jewish population of
                                          the Raducaneni - Germanesti
                                          surrounding area used to
                                          gather. As a result of massive
                                          migration after the war during
                                          the communist period, the
                                          population drastically
                                          decreased. Today, only distant
                                          relatives of the original
                                          population remain, all living
                                          far from Raducaneni. The
                                          actual 'resting place’ of the
                                          Jewish population (the
                                          cemetery) is to the east of
                                          fair Raducaneni  
                                         
                                      Translation
                                          by Rahel Shmuel 
                                         
                                       
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