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A ten-minute camera file from the 2013 Kolomya expedition, one of a run of consecutive files. It is a convivial, drink-accompanied session with an elderly man who speaks Yiddish and recites or sings a humorous drinking song. Kerler asks him to repeat it slowly so it can be learned. The file also has chat about the hard times and a mention of the Yiddish writer Hersh Polyanke.
Informal chat, partly about how hard life is now, with talk of financial crises worldwide. Kerler remarks that the informant speaks good Yiddish and says he wants to do a proper interview. The informant recites a humorous rhyme about a quarrelsome wife and a bottle, and they then discuss ordering vodka and wine. Some Russian is used for the order.
The informant contrasts times with money and without it. Kerler asks him to repeat the humorous drinking song about the wife and toasting, and to go slowly so that every word can be learned. The informant says he did not sing in Yiddish. He then performs the rhyme again, with Hebrew toasts, and everyone exchanges good wishes and drinks.
Kerler recalls the Yiddish writer Hersh Polyanke (Polianke), whom he remembers well, and asks whether the informant read his books. He mentions the novel about the baker from Kolomya and says he has it in Russian. He also says Polyanke wrote him autographs, the last in Moscow in 1992 (?).
The informant recites or sings a nostalgic rhyme about times gone by, mentioning Simchat Torah and kissing a person rather than the Torah scroll. Practical talk follows about a drink or order, with the two men tasting and discussing quality and salt. The file ends with a word repeated by Kerler.