Lucerne

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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.

More info:

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

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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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations

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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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Hebrew (Endingen-Lengnau tradition)

Language:

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:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Passover Haggada and the Seder, Sacred songs, Translations

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Shmuʾel Meʾir

Year of recording:

2020

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:

Endingen, Lucerne, Zurich

Language:

Conversation topics:

Children's songs

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.

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:

Cycle of the year, Shavuot

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2018

Shidduch (matchmaking)

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:

Circle of life

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2018

Kiddush (wine blessing)

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:

90

Year of immigration:

1966

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Language:

Cycle of the year, Shabbat

Conversation topics:

Documentation:

Yehudit Henshke, Yaʿel Wecsler

Year of recording:

2018

The family's livelihood

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: