Iakov Shor

born 1926 in Orhei · recorded in Berdychiv, Zhytomyr, 2002

3 recordings · 121 minutes · 12 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Isaak Iosipovich Vaisman, Beyle Mindel Vaisman, Klara Meerovna Antsis

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Shor, 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.

• 2002-07-10
  ▶ Berdychiv · 82 min

  MDV 337 · MDV 338 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

22 questions put to Shor. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 337 0:05
  attic (чердак) — the word for 'attic' (Russian чердак)
• MDV 337 0:22
  sun (солнце) — the word for 'sun' (Russian солнце)
• MDV 337 0:36
  sons (сыновья) — the word for 'sons' (Russian сыновья)
• MDV 337 0:40
  prophet Elijah (пророк Илья) — the Yiddish term for 'Prophet Elijah'
• MDV 337 1:11
  sons (сыновья) — the word for 'sons' (Russian сыновья), repeated
• MDV 337 1:31
  teeth (зубы) — the word for 'teeth' (Russian зубы)
• MDV 337 1:47
  when synagogue was closed — when the synagogue was closed
• MDV 337 2:28
  pigeon (голубь) — the word for 'pigeon/dove' (Russian голубь)
• MDV 337 2:36
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — the word for 'deaf' (Russian глухой)
• MDV 337 3:34
  plural of vogn — the plural of 'wagon'
• MDV 337 6:52
  whether heard a gut ort — whether informant has heard the expression 'a gut ort' (euphemism for cemetery)
• MDV 337 6:57
  meaning of a gut ort — what 'a gut ort' means
• MDV 337 7:22
  meaning of goylem — what 'golem' means
• MDV 337 8:37
  gray-haired (седой) — the word for 'grey-haired' (Russian седой)
• MDV 337 9:00
  light blue (голубой) — the word for 'blue' (Russian голубой)
• MDV 337 10:15
  paradise (рай) — the word for 'paradise' (Russian рай)
• MDV 337 10:25
  hell and paradise (ад и рай) — how to say something tastes very good
• MDV 337 11:49
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — how to say 'you are right' in Yiddish
• MDV 337 12:05
  quickly (быстро) — the word for 'fast, quickly' (Russian быстро)
• MDV 337 12:20
  plural of gvir — the plural of 'rich man' (gvir)
• MDV 337 12:41
  only Jews (одни евреи) — how to say 'only Jews (live on the street)'
• MDV 337 13:25
  plural of nar — the plural of 'fool'