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Childhood memories (1)

Special thanks to E.D. Rosenberger for his invaluable assistance in locating these materials

Name of speaker: 
Anna Bollag Geismar
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
73
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Grussenheim (France), Endingen, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Childhood
Documentation: 
Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg
Year of recording: 
1958
Transcription: 
More info: 

Guggenheim-Grünberg, Florence (ed.) (1966). Surbtaler Jiddisch: Endingen und Lengnau (Platten ZJM 1 und ZJM 2). Mit einem Anhang von jiddischen Sprachproben aus Elsass und Baden. Frauenfeld: Huber & Co. (= Schweizer Dialekte in Text und Ton: Begleittexte zu den Sprechplatten des Phonogrammarchivs der Universität Zürich, I. Deutsche Schweiz, Heft 4). Sound and text publication is available at https://www.phonogrammarchiv.uzh.ch/ .

Also see:

Fleischer, Jürg (2005). Westjiddisch in der Schweiz und Südwestdeutschland: Tonaufnahmen und Texte zum Surbtaler und Hegauer Jiddisch. Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN: 3-484-73104-4.

Newlyweds customs and Ḥanukka games

Special thanks to E.D. Rosenberger for his invaluable assistance in locating these materials

Name of speaker: 
Rosa Bloch Guggenheim
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
88
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lengnau (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Customs and traditions, Cycle of the year, Hanukka, Wedding
Documentation: 
Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg
Year of recording: 
1959
Transcription: 
More info: 

Guggenheim-Grünberg, Florence (ed.) (1966). Surbtaler Jiddisch: Endingen und Lengnau (Platten ZJM 1 und ZJM 2). Mit einem Anhang von jiddischen Sprachproben aus Elsass und Baden. Frauenfeld: Huber & Co. (= Schweizer Dialekte in Text und Ton: Begleittexte zu den Sprechplatten des Phonogrammarchivs der Universität Zürich, I. Deutsche Schweiz, Heft 4). Sound and text publication is available at https://www.phonogrammarchiv.uzh.ch/ .

Also see:

Fleischer, Jürg (2005). Westjiddisch in der Schweiz und Südwestdeutschland: Tonaufnahmen und Texte zum Surbtaler und Hegauer Jiddisch. Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN: 3-484-73104-4.

Cooking and preparation for the holiday

Special thanks to E.D. Rosenberger for his great help in locating these materials

Name of speaker: 
Berta Schmuklerski Guggenheim
Participants in the conversation: 
Robertine Wyler-Bloch
Gender of speaker: 
Female
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
79
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Cuisine, Cycle of the year
Documentation: 
Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg
Year of recording: 
1957
Transcription: 
More info: 

Guggenheim-Grünberg, Florence (ed.) (1966). Surbtaler Jiddisch: Endingen und Lengnau (Platten ZJM 1 und ZJM 2). Mit einem Anhang von jiddischen Sprachproben aus Elsass und Baden. Frauenfeld: Huber & Co. (= Schweizer Dialekte in Text und Ton: Begleittexte zu den Sprechplatten des Phonogrammarchivs der Universität Zürich, I. Deutsche Schweiz, Heft 4). Sound and text publication is available at https://www.phonogrammarchiv.uzh.ch/ .

Also see:

Fleischer, Jürg (2005). Westjiddisch in der Schweiz und Südwestdeutschland: Tonaufnahmen und Texte zum Surbtaler und Hegauer Jiddisch. Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN: 3-484-73104-4.

Jewish occupations, Shabbat preparation and Tishrei holidays

Special thanks to E.D. Rosenberger for his invaluable assistance in locating these materials

Name of speaker: 
Isaak Guggenheim-Bloch
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Trader
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
82
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Cycle of the year, Occupations and livelihoods, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Shabbat
Documentation: 
Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg and Rud. Brunner
Year of recording: 
1957
Transcription: 
More info: 

Guggenheim-Grünberg, Florence (ed.) (1966). Surbtaler Jiddisch: Endingen und Lengnau (Platten ZJM 1 und ZJM 2). Mit einem Anhang von jiddischen Sprachproben aus Elsass und Baden. Frauenfeld: Huber & Co. (= Schweizer Dialekte in Text und Ton: Begleittexte zu den Sprechplatten des Phonogrammarchivs der Universität Zürich, I. Deutsche Schweiz, Heft 4). Sound and text publication is available at https://www.phonogrammarchiv.uzh.ch/ .

Also see:

Fleischer, Jürg (2005). Westjiddisch in der Schweiz und Südwestdeutschland: Tonaufnahmen und Texte zum Surbtaler und Hegauer Jiddisch. Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN: 3-484-73104-4.

Strolling around Baden, wedding and birth customs, Shabbat cooking, Sukkot and lullabies

Special thanks to E.D. Rosenberger for his invaluable assistance in locating these materials

Name of speaker: 
Emanuel Bollag-Bollag
Gender of speaker: 
Male
Occupation of speaker: 
Tailor and trader
Age of speaker at time of recording: 
71
Speaker's country of origin: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Circle of life, Cuisine, Customs and traditions, Leisure, Nursery rhymes, Shabbat, Sukkot, Wedding
Documentation: 
Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg
Year of recording: 
1957
Transcription: 
More info: 

Guggenheim-Grünberg, Florence (ed.) (1966). Surbtaler Jiddisch: Endingen und Lengnau (Platten ZJM 1 und ZJM 2). Mit einem Anhang von jiddischen Sprachproben aus Elsass und Baden. Frauenfeld: Huber & Co. (= Schweizer Dialekte in Text und Ton: Begleittexte zu den Sprechplatten des Phonogrammarchivs der Universität Zürich, I. Deutsche Schweiz, Heft 4). Sound and text publication is available at https://www.phonogrammarchiv.uzh.ch/ .

For more information see:

Fleischer, Jürg (2005). Westjiddisch in der Schweiz und Südwestdeutschland: Tonaufnahmen und Texte zum Surbtaler und Hegauer Jiddisch. Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN: 3-484-73104-4.

Rabbi Brom

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: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Persons
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018
Translator: 
Shmuel Meʾir
Translation: 

Rabbi Brom was also a Dayan (judge) who from time to time needed to arrange court trials.

He did so with Rabbi Breish ZT"L who was the Rabbi of the Agudas Achim community in Zurich [community of Eastern European (Ost Juden) disciples and oppositionists].

Despite the tension between local Jews and Eastern Jews, they shared great love and appreciation to one another.

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Rabbi Shmuel (Samuel) Brom ZT”L was the Rabbi of Lucerne. He was a great and wise scholar.

 

Shared buildings for Jews and non-Jews

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: 
Europe: Western
Speaker's community of origin: 
Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich (Switzerland)
Language: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Conflict with non-Jews
Documentation: 
Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler
Year of recording: 
2018
More info: 

Usually the house has a main entrance, and if there are a few apartments, then each has its own private entrance.

In Lengnau there were houses with two apartments. Jews were not allowed to enter the house together with a non-Jew, therefore the Jew had its own entrance from outside directly into his apartment.

 

'Ḥad Gadya' from Switzerland (Ein Lähmchen ein Lähmchen)

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: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations
Documentation: 
Shmuʾel Meʾir
Year of recording: 
2020

Piyyutim of Passover Haggada

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: 
Hebrew (Endingen-Lengnau tradition)
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Piyyutim
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: 
Yiddish
Conversation topics: 
Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations
Documentation: 
Shmuʾel Meʾir
Year of recording: 
2020

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