Iosif Volkovich Torchinsky

born 1918 in Skvyra ("Skvyra (Yiddish: Skvire)" in the catalogue) · recorded in Kyiv, 2003

2 recordings · 117 minutes · 12 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Torchinsky, 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.

• 2003-05-02
  ▶ Kyiv · 2.0 h

  MDV 503 · MDV 504 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

10 questions put to Torchinsky. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 504 0:00
  meaning of a guter yid — the meaning of 'a guter yid' (a good Jew)
• MDV 504 0:34
  confirmation — confirmation (yes or no)
• MDV 504 2:18
  meaning of rosl — the meaning of rosl
• MDV 504 3:42
  tomato (помидоры) — the Yiddish word for tomatoes
• MDV 504 6:23
  vodka (водка) — the Yiddish word for vodka
• MDV 504 8:45
  meaning of goylem — the meaning of goylem
• MDV 504 17:07
  hello (здравствуйте) — the Yiddish greeting for hello
• MDV 504 18:29
  please (пожалуйста) — the Yiddish for please
• MDV 504 20:10
  congratulations (поздравляю) — the Yiddish for congratulations
• MDV 504 20:28
  thank you (спасибо) — the Yiddish for thank you