Rabbi Shloyme Wilgelm

born 1969 · recorded in Zhytomyr, 2002, 2003

2 recordings · 92 minutes · 17 min of questionnaire · 1 min of singing

Also written: Rabbi Wilgelm

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Anatolii Kerzhner · recorded together with Veniamin Iakovlevich Geller

Conversations 2 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Wilgelm, 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.

2002-07-09
▶ Zhytomyr · 62 min
MDV 787
2003-05-23
▶ Zhytomyr · 56 min uncertain
MDV 794

The tapes (2)

MDV 787
9 July 2002 · Zhytomyr · part 6 of 6 6 passages · with Veniamin Iakovlevich Geller
MDV 794
23 May 2003 · Zhytomyr · part 2 of 2 16 passages · with Veniamin Iakovlevich Geller, Geller

Topics

Yiddish language and dialect4 Local Jewish history3 Childhood2 Cultural life (general)2 Life today1 World War II (general)1 Stories, humor and sayings1 Schooling1

Questionnaire

9 questions put to Wilgelm. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

MDV 794 0:01
potato (картошка) — the Yiddish word for potato
MDV 794 2:06
to chew (жевать) — how to say 'to chew' in Pyatka
MDV 794 2:14
mouse (мышь) — how to say 'mouse' in Pyatka
MDV 794 3:04
pigeon (голубь) — how to say 'pigeon/dove' (golub)
MDV 794 3:17
woman (женщина) — how to say 'woman' (zhenshchina)
MDV 794 3:58
blue (синий) — how to say 'blue' (siniy)
MDV 794 4:07
windowpane — how to say 'windowpane'
MDV 794 5:10
groats (крупа) — how to say 'groats' (krupa)
MDV 794 5:44
house (дом) — how to say 'house' (dom) in Yiddish: shtub, heym, hoyz?