Alexander (Shure) Ilyich Cherner

born 1935 in Balta · recorded in Odesa, 2008

2 recordings · 93 minutes · 21 min of questionnaire · 1 min of singing

Also written: Alexander Ilyich Cherner

Interviewed by Moisei Lemster, Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Cherner, whichever tapes carry it; ▶ opens it with its own player, which runs through its parts in sequence. The tape links play from that point on the tape's page.

• 2008-05-16
  ▶ Odesa · 1.6 h

  MDV 611 · MDV 612 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

24 questions put to Cherner. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 611 0:04
  whether heard dibbuk — whether the speaker has heard the word 'dibbuk'
• MDV 611 0:16
  whether heard goylem — whether the speaker has heard the word 'goylem'
• MDV 611 0:31
  meaning of goylem — what 'goylem' means
• MDV 611 5:19
  family name — the family name
• MDV 612 0:01
  thank you (спасибо) — 'thank you' (how to say it)
• MDV 612 3:30
  sour cucumbers (кислые огурцы) — 'sour cucumbers' (pickles)
• MDV 612 5:45
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — 'deaf (person)'
• MDV 612 6:47
  later (позже) — 'later'
• MDV 612 9:20
  nearer (ближе) — 'nearer'
• MDV 612 10:43
  she is very beautiful (она очень красивая) — 'she is very beautiful'
• MDV 612 10:56
  sick (больной) — 'sick'
• MDV 612 11:18
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — 'he pleases me very much' / 'I like him very much'
• MDV 612 12:02
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — 'he barely walks'
• MDV 612 12:57
  honest (честный) — 'honest'
• MDV 612 18:31
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — 'flowerbed'
• MDV 612 21:11
  I go in the street — 'I go in the street'
• MDV 612 22:45
  I don't see him (я его не вижу) — 'I don't see (him)'
• MDV 612 23:01
  potato (картошка) — 'potato', 'raisins'
• MDV 612 23:50
  store (магазин) — 'store'; 'I don't hear him'
• MDV 612 24:55
  I like him very much (он мне очень нравится) — 'he pleases me very much' (repeated)
• MDV 612 25:47
  defeated the Germans (разбили немцов) — 'they defeated the Germans'
• MDV 612 29:36
  man (мужчина) — 'man'
• MDV 612 30:51
  enemy (враг) — 'enemy'
• MDV 612 32:06
  fence (забор) — 'fence'