Rîbnița(Ribnitz in the project's index)2018-06-2614 min · 4 stretches · 2 questions about wordsRussian 100%
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Summary
Final part of a Russian-language interview in Rybnitsa (Ribnitz) in June 2018 with a woman addressed as Tatyana Vasilyevna, who worked in the local administration and has family in Israel. She talks about her son's family and her granddaughter's singing, answers questions about Jewish folklore, looks at religious objects and books shown to her, reflects on the war and a visit to Israel, and signs a consent form at the end. The index gives no name; the speech is entirely Russian.
Stretches
00:00–02:48
The woman talks about her son and his wife, who wanted to go to Kishinev to study and to the Israeli consulate around the year 2000 (the wedding). She says they were told to be married for three years first. Their daughter Mashenka was born in 2005. She describes the girl's singing at Hesed events, the Sukkot celebration in the Hesed courtyard, the Palace of Culture and the assembly hall of the administration, where she worked. She mentions a Hebrew song and a certificate won for first place.
The interviewer asks for a funny or interesting story about Jewish life in Rybnitsa. The woman says she has lived alone since 1993 and rarely goes out to company because most people have left. She recalls what was told about the rebbe who lived there and swam in the Dniester in every season, and she says she likes Jewish folklore and that there was dancing at her son's wedding.
The interviewer shows objects and books to find out whether the woman recognizes them. She looks at an album, a prayer shawl (tallit), a kippah and a candle holder, and a plaited candle she compares with ones sold in Jerusalem. She identifies a book as Yiddish rather than Hebrew by its letters and says her son has similar items.
The woman talks about her son's work as a manager in a bank (kablan) in Israel, and about the good medical care and employer benefits there. Asked for a message to the Jewish people, she hopes for peace and that 1941–45 will never be repeated. She talks about the book 'Heavy Sand', about the memorial wall of towns in Israel and her feelings at the Western Wall, where her wishes came true. Her son has an operation on 1 August. The session ends with her signing a consent form for the voluntary interview.