Interview Category

Childhood Memories

Ovruch, Ukraine

Seeking Help From the Valedniker Rebbe

Ovruch

Avoiding Conscription

Ovruch, Ukraine

Studying Khimesh Dilemma

Cluj-Napoca, Ukraine

The Shtefaneshter Rebbe

Bălţi, Moldova

The Ribnitser Rebbe

Rîbniţa , Moldova

People Stood Outside

Kolomyya, Ukraine

Sleeping At Grandpa’s

Klyachanovo, Ukraine

Celebrating Holidays

Starokostyantyniv

Holidays

Bershad, Ukraine

Throwing Stones on Kol Nidre

Zhytomyr, Ukraine

Extinguishing Coals

Khust, Ukraine

Postwar Religious Practice

Bershad, Ukraine

Coming Home

Mukacheve, Ukraine

Communal Matzo Baking

Uzhhorod, Ukraine

“a very religious family”

Berdychiv, Ukraine

A Gravestone for My Mother

Bershad, Ukraine

Stuffed Neck with Chicken Fat

Bershad, Ukraine

“make it a synagogue”

Berdychiv, Ukraine

A Child Lost To The Evil Eye

Vynohradiv, Ukraine

A Neolog Family

Solotvyno, Ukraine

Matzo Baking with Neighbors

Uman, Ukraine

Matzo Baking in the Shtetl

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

Passover Soup

Tulchyn, Ukraine

Rebbe, Reb Shneyer

Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine

Home: One Small Room

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

Wooden Synagogue

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

Cantor Gaz

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

The Great Synagogue

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

A Little House with a Dirt Floor

Tulchyn, Ukraine

Food on Sabbath

Bershad, Ukraine

Sabbath Was Sabbath

Berdychiv, Ukraine

“as though God had baked it”

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

Saving the Synagogue in Khust

Khust, Ukraine

Seder on a Kolkhoz

Teplyk, Ukraine

The Binding of Isaac

Teplyk, Ukraine

Peeking into the Men’s Section

Teplyk, Ukraine

The Butcher’s Synagogue

Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine

Transmitting Secrets to America

Khmelnytskyy, Ukraine

Burial Customs

Bershad, Ukraine

“In short, I am a Jew”

Bratslav, Ukraine

Krishmeleyenen

Bratslav, Ukraine

Kheskele – the Clarinetist

Bershad, Ukraine

Hebrew – the Language of Prayer

Bratslav, Ukraine

The Matzo Bag

Teplyk, Ukraine

Making Matzo Dough with a Roller

Uman, Ukraine

“we need to have a wedding!”

Bratslav, Ukraine

Bratslav Matchmaking

Bratslav, Ukraine

What It Means to Be a Jew

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

My Grandfather’s Observance

Haysyn, Ukraine

Bergider and Golda Meir

Uzhhorod, Ukraine

Getting Ready For Sabbath

Bershad, Ukraine

The Shiva

Bershad, Ukraine

Remedy for the Evil Eye

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

Bris

Tulchyn, Ukraine

The Prayer House

Uzhhorod, Ukraine

Taking Out the Flour

Teplyk, Ukraine

The Esebet (Reclining Bed)

Shpykiv, Ukraine

Dishes in the Attic

Bratslav, Ukraine

Ekhod mi yoydeo (Who knows one)

Kolomyya, Ukraine

Sabbath and Poverty

Kamyanets-Podilskyy, Ukraine

Cholent

Zhytomyr, Ukraine

The Head of the Fish

Rivne, Ukraine

The Sabbath Candles

Vinnytsya, Ukraine

Zionist Purim

Ternopil, Ukraine

Revolutionary Celebrations and Jewish Holy Days

Haysyn, Ukraine

Evgeniia’s Gefilte Fish

Bershad, Ukraine

Arkadii’s Gefilte Fish

Haysyn, Ukraine

Rolling an Egg

Tomashpil, Ukraine

Remedy for the Whooping Cough

Lutsk, Ukraine

Khad Gadyo (One Little Goat)

Bershad, Ukraine

Challah

Kamyanets-Podilskyy, Ukraine

Dovid’s Gefilte Fish

Bratslav, Ukraine

Eating Tsimmes and Raising Geese

Mohyliv-Podilskyy, Ukraine

Homentashn

Tulchyn, Ukraine

Sanctification of the Moon

Teplyk, Ukraine

A Jew Must Eat Matzo

Bershad, Ukraine

The Holiday Cycle

Kamyanets-Podilskyy, Ukraine