Iosif Abramovich Kogan

born 1927 in Bershad' ("Bershad" in the catalogue) · recorded in Tul'chyn, Berdychiv, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009

9 recordings · 436 minutes · 32 min of questionnaire · 36 min of singing

Also written: Yosl Kogan

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz, Moisei Lemster, Rita Davidovna Shveibish · recorded together with Rita Davidovna Shveibish, Nisen Ovshiyevich Yurkovetskij, Isaak Iosipovich Vaisman, Beyle Mindel Vaisman

Conversations 4 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Kogan, 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.

• 2002-07-14
  ▶ Tul'chyn · 85 min two sources agree

  MDV 709 33:39–41:12 · MDV 710 · MDV 711 (3 tapes)
• 2003-05-20
  ▶ Tul'chyn · 58 min

  MDV 717
• 2007-05-27
  ▶ Berdychiv or Tul'chyn · 1.9 h uncertain

  MDV 351 · MDV 719 · MDV 720 0:00–1:20 (3 tapes)
• 2009-01-08
  ▶ Tul'chyn · 64 min two sources agree

  MDV 725 25:02–58:51 · MDV 726 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

28 questions put to Kogan. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 710 0:21
  meaning of tsire — what 'tsire' means
• MDV 710 2:10
  back (назад) — how to say 'nazad' (back) in Yiddish
• MDV 710 3:14
  also (тоже) — how to say 'tozhe' (also) in Yiddish
• MDV 711 0:52
  cross (крест) — Yiddish word for 'крест' (cross)
• MDV 711 2:11
  mouse (мышь) — Yiddish word for 'мышка' (mouse, or here: luck/fortune)
• MDV 711 2:25
  happiness/luck (счастье) — Yiddish word for 'счастье' (happiness/fortune)
• MDV 711 2:49
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish for 'голова болит' (head hurts)
• MDV 711 3:05
  cold (холодно) — Yiddish word for 'холодно' (cold)
• MDV 711 3:31
  to do (делать) — Yiddish word for 'делать' (to do/make)
• MDV 711 4:13
  what to do (что делать) — Yiddish for 'что делать' (what to do)
• MDV 711 4:54
  to ask/request (прошу) — Yiddish word for 'просить' (to ask/request)
• MDV 711 5:12
  bed (кровать) — Yiddish word for 'кровать' (bed)
• MDV 711 5:15
  also (тоже) — Yiddish word for 'тоже' (also/too)
• MDV 711 6:23
  also (также) — Yiddish word for 'также' (also)
• MDV 711 7:02
  high (высоко) — Yiddish word for 'высоко' (high)
• MDV 711 8:50
  to breathe (дышать) — Yiddish word for 'дышать' (to breathe)
• MDV 711 9:30
  ear (ухо) — Yiddish word for 'ухо' (ear)
• MDV 711 10:25
  blue (синий) — Yiddish word for 'синий' (blue)
• MDV 711 10:48
  belly (живот) — Yiddish word for 'живот' (belly/stomach)
• MDV 711 10:58
  groats (крупа) — Yiddish word for 'крупа' (groats)
• MDV 711 11:06
  gray-haired (седой) — Yiddish word for 'седой' (grey-haired)
• MDV 711 11:21
  attic (чердак) — Yiddish word for 'чердак' (attic)
• MDV 711 11:55
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish word for 'голубь' (pigeon/dove)
• MDV 711 12:42
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish word for 'глухой' (deaf)
• MDV 711 15:04
  quickly (быстро) — Yiddish word for 'быстро' (quickly)
• MDV 711 15:10
  later (позже) — Yiddish word for 'позже' (later)
• MDV 711 15:33
  near (близко) — Yiddish word for 'близко' (near/close)
• MDV 720 0:03
  meaning of dibek — whether informant has heard the word 'dibek' (dybbuk)