English

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: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Meʾira Romem
Year of recording: 
2019

Children's song of cats and mice

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef 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: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018
Translator: 
Shmuel Meʾir

Translation: 

Lyrics:

Once upon a time, there were a chicken and a rooster – story begins.

Once upon a time, there were a cat and a mouse – story ends.

More info: 

This children’s story was probably told when the parent had no patience to tell a long story.  

 

God, I thank you dearly

To all the Mailers from Lanowce who were murdered in the Holocaust, and to those who have been fortunate to make Aliya and build a country and a new life 

Name of speaker: 
Bluma Gelstein (of Miller/Mailer) Z”L
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kibbutz farm work, shoemaker, laundrywoman, kitchen worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1935
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Bluma Gelstein – delivered by her daughter Hila Shay
Year of recording: 
1990

36 righteous ones (Lamed-Vav Tzaddikim)

To all the Mailers from Lanowce who were murdered in the Holocaust, and to those who have been fortunate to make Aliya and build a country and a new life 

Name of speaker: 
Bluma Gelstein (of Miller/Mailer) Z”L
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kibbutz farm work, shoemaker, laundrywoman, kitchen worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1935
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Bluma Gelstein – delivered by her daughter Hila Shay
Year of recording: 
1990

Why I learnt to sing songs

To all the Mailers from Lanowce who were murdered in the Holocaust, and to those who have been fortunate to make Aliya and build a country and a new life 

Name of speaker: 
Bluma Gelstein (of Miller/Mailer) Z”L
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kibbutz farm work, shoemaker, laundrywoman, kitchen worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1935
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Bluma Gelstein – delivered by her daughter Hila Shay
Year of recording: 
1990

To the Creator of the skies and the world

To all the Mailers from Lanowce who were murdered in the Holocaust, and to those who have been fortunate to make Aliya and build a country and a new life 

Name of speaker: 
Bluma Gelstein (of Miller/Mailer) Z”L
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kibbutz farm work, shoemaker, laundrywoman, kitchen worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1935
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Bluma Gelstein – delivered by her daughter Hila Shay
Year of recording: 
1990

Why did the little flower wither

To all the Mailers from Lanowce who were murdered in the Holocaust, and to those who have been fortunate to make Aliya and build a country and a new life 

Name of speaker: 
Bluma Gelstein (of Miller/Mailer) Z”L
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kibbutz farm work, shoemaker, laundrywoman, kitchen worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1935
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Bluma Gelstein – delivered by her daughter Hila Shay
Year of recording: 
1990

Walks off, crosses the street

To all the Mailers from Lanowce who were murdered in the Holocaust, and to those who have been fortunate to make Aliya and build a country and a new life 

Name of speaker: 
Bluma Gelstein (of Miller/Mailer) Z”L
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kibbutz farm work, shoemaker, laundrywoman, kitchen worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1935
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Bluma Gelstein – delivered by her daughter Hila Shay
Year of recording: 
1990

Come here, the philosopher

To all the Mailers from Lanowce who were murdered in the Holocaust, and to those who have been fortunate to make Aliya and build a country and a new life 

Name of speaker: 
Bluma Gelstein (of Miller/Mailer) Z”L
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Occupation of speaker: 
Kibbutz farm work, shoemaker, laundrywoman, kitchen worker
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
75
Year of immigration: 
1935
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Bluma Gelstein – delivered by her daughter Hila Shay
Year of recording: 
1990

Tikkun leil Shavuot

Name of speaker: 
Dr. Yosef 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: 
90
Year of immigration: 
1966
Speaker's country of origin: 
Speaker's community of origin: 
Language: 
Conversation topics: 
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018