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Dear friends,
For many years there has been talk about the sorry state of the Jewish
cemetery in Belts. Our fate has been that we left for a better life and
it became difficult to combine our efforts to bring the cemetery to order.
I contacted representatives of the Belts' Jewish community and they sent me
pictures of this terrible state of the cemetery. I then contacted the Belts'
Baptists. I know these people - they do not drink, they can work and they
believe in God and good deeds. These are honest people whom you can rely on.
The baptists have estimated the work on clearing the cemetery at 15,000
dollars. This includes the cutting of bushes that grew around the cemetery,
tree cutting, preventing access to the burial site, hauling felled trees and
bushes and spraying of the roots with a special solution that will prevent
the emergence of new shoots.
To pay for all subsequent years to carry out preventive work and not to allow the cemetery to once again come to the state in which it is now it necessary to collect an additional 5,000 dollars. Of course, the work crew will be paid gradually, as the clearing of the cemetery is done. Belts residents Anatoliy Shteyman and Yefim Groysman will oversee the work and distribute the money collected. Photos of the cemetery after its restoration will also be published on the website and everyone will be able to compare the cemetery before and after. The names of all who donate the money for the restoration of the cemetery will also be published on this website. The amount collected by us will be updated as more contributions come in. To start collecting money I have opened a bank account, and created a public non-profit organization. The organization and a bank account are named "Beltsy Cemetery Fund" - "Foundation Balti graveyard." I tried to open bank accounts in other countries, but I could not as it is necessary to first to create an organization to raise funds, and on the basis of this organization to open a bank account. In Israel and in Germany and in Canada, it has proven much harder than I expected. Therefore we can only operate one bank account in the U.S.
1.The easiest is for U.S. residents - they can write a check for "Beltsy Cemetery Fund" and either submit it by the nearest branch of Chase Bank (account information below) or send a check made out to Beltsy Cemetery Fund to the following address::
This is the cheapest option to transfer money. In the department of Western
Union in your city, request out that money is sent to Arkadiy Verzub in
Cleveland USA, (Western Union does not send money to organizations) and let me
know by email:
ark.verzub@gmail.com or call: code USA +1 (216) 571-6499 and give a
transaction number and leave me name of the donor and where they city they are
sending the donation from.
The great Jewish sage Hillel once said:
Let us, my friends, gather from all over the world and put to order the Jewish cemetery in our hometown. Save it and did not let it turn into a jungle. Waiting for your help. With respect to all fellow countrymen from Belts, Arkadiy Verzub
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