Yiddish

Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Shmuʾel Meʾir

Year of recording:

2020

'Eḥad Mi Yodea' from Switzerland - (Eins will ich sie kennen)

Name of speaker:

Dr. Yosef Meʾir

Participants in the conversation:

Ḥaya Meʾir

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Physicist, high school principal, lecturer and researcher at higher education institutes

Age of speaker at time of recording:

92

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Europe: Western

Speaker's community of origin:

Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)

Language:

Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Shmuʾel Meʾir

Year of recording:

2020

What shall we sing about?

Name of speaker:

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Member of Kibbutz Lavi

Age of speaker at time of recording:

98

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Meʾira Romem

Year of recording:

2019

Song of childhood

Name of speaker:

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Member of Kibbutz Lavi

Age of speaker at time of recording:

98

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Children's songs, Folk songs

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Meʾira Romem

Year of recording:

2019

Lament for fallen soldiers

Name of speaker:

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Member of Kibbutz Lavi

Age of speaker at time of recording:

98

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Meʾira Romem

Year of recording:

2019

Song about a wise student

Name of speaker:

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Member of Kibbutz Lavi

Age of speaker at time of recording:

98

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Meʾira Romem

Year of recording:

2019

Shabbat song

Name of speaker:

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Member of Kibbutz Lavi

Age of speaker at time of recording:

98

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Meʾira Romem

Year of recording:

2019

Song for grandchild: why don't you study?

Name of speaker:

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Member of Kibbutz Lavi

Age of speaker at time of recording:

98

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Children's songs, Folk songs

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Meʾira Romem

Year of recording:

2019

Wedding song

Name of speaker:

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Member of Kibbutz Lavi

Age of speaker at time of recording:

98

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Meʾira Romem

Year of recording:

2019

The alphabet song

Name of speaker:

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Member of Kibbutz Lavi

Age of speaker at time of recording:

98

Year of immigration:

1949

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language: