[id: a postage stamp with a somewhat stylized illustration of a polar bear. it strides on ice, against a background of more ice. this stamp is marked as being worth 1.40 Hungarian forint. end id]
from a small hungarian village, Tuzsér. It is standing in the middle of litter, as the place of the jewish cemetery is nowadays used as a garbage dump.
When I found this place, I knew I should include it in the zine that we created on the Art of Abandoned Jewish Cemeteries of Hungary, since we wanted to raise attention to the sad state of jewish cemeteries of the country. As it is visible by the blessing hands symbol, this tombstone belongs to a kohanite person, who is a descendant just like all other kohanites, of the high priests of the Temple.
What we can read at the tombstone is just a short line, which says Here lies the elderly Yehuda, son of Cvi Ha-kohen, died in 1906.
This is how it ended up eventually in the Art of Abandoned Jewish Cemeteries zine, the symbol was reproduced with lino cut and the surrounding text explains the symbols and share a bit about the history of the community of Tuzsér:
If you wanna support our project to preserve the memory of the former jewish communities of the hungarian countryside along with the cemeteries themselves, you can order from the zine here:
Folktale week!!
Rebels - with witches !!!
Costume - which is actually based on my village’s folk clothing. Sadly there weren’t much resources about it.
That was all for me this year. Hopefully next time I’ll be able to properly plan ahead :’)
Tree and Star
a 1968 Hungarian stamp from a series on domestic cats
[id: a square postage stamp with an illustration of a tabby cat's head. the cat is rendered in warm brown tones and with a fair amount of detail. it has light teal eyes that match the background of the stamp. this stamp is marked as being worth 1.20 Hungarian forint. end id]