Europe: Eastern - Mother Tongue

Balti (Moldova)

Bershad (Ukraine)

Buhuși (Romania)

Clara Tabor

Family

Language, Aliya and absorption

Passover, the synagogue and attitude towards religion

Wedding and dating

Work and leisure

World War II and relationship with non-Jews

Camenca (Moldova)

Chernivtsi (Ukraine)

Dubasari (Moldova)

Bella Roisin (Lifschitz)

Bella

The alphabet song

The wedding house

Dumbraveni (Moldova)

Meʾir Weinberg

"These are the generations of Noah" (Genesis 6:9)

Celebrating is good

Dunaivtsi (Ukraine)

Maria Lechtman

The child walked

The small shoes (Di shikhelekh)

Riva Darer

"I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness"

Because I am a Jew

The orphan (der yosem)

When there's no money

Iași

Mordechai Herling

'Eḥad Mi Yodea' (Who Knows One) in translation to Aramaic from Iași

Iași (Romania)

Tsila Meraru

Aliya, absorption and living in Israel

Education and language

Family and family celebration

Passover and kosher

Roots trip to Romania

Work

Krakow

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Lament for fallen soldiers

Mighty in sovereignty

Song about a wise student

Song for grandchild: why don't you study?

Song of childhood

The alphabet song

What shall we sing about?

Lanowce (Ukraine)

Bluma Gelstein (of Miller/Mailer)

36 righteous ones (Lamed-Vav Tzaddikim)

Come here, the philosopher

God, I thank you dearly

To the Creator of the skies and the world

Walks off, crosses the street

Why did the little flower wither

Why I learnt to sing songs

London

ʾIdi Maʿagan

Lament for fallen soldiers

Mighty in sovereignty

Song about a wise student

Song for grandchild: why don't you study?

Song of childhood

The alphabet song

What shall we sing about?

Mohyliv-Podil's'kyi (Ukraine)

Odesa (Ukraine)

Yeshayahu Gisser

American Hassidic song - Ne obizshayte

Eḥad Mi Yodeaʿ in Russian - Ekh ty, zemliak

Moses Rejoiced: folk piyyut in Hebrew and in Yiddish

Pleading song - Avromuniu, Avromuniu

Seder Haboker Cantonist song - Oy, oy, khorosho

Silly Hassidic song - Ne zshurite khloptsi

Song about fathers - Avrom sivyy

The drunk song - Stav ya pit

There is None Like Our God

Orhei (Moldova)

Rîbnița (Moldova)

Riscani (Moldova)

Slavuta (Ukraine)

Moisy Weinstein

Melody

Soroca (Moldova)

Sima Galinski

I am going to the Rabbi (Ikh for tsum rebn)

It breaks my foot (Es brekhn mir di fis fun trotuarn)

Stryzhavka (Ukraine)

Warsaw

Sara Ryfer

Communities in Poland

Newborns and Moms

"Kibbutz Galuyot" in Gav-Yam

Absorption ("Klitah") Difficulties

Israel's Austerity Period ("Tekufat HaTzena")

Jewish Holidays

Yampil' (Ukraine)

Yaruha (Ukraine)

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