Childhood Memories
Ovruch, UkraineSeeking Help From the Valedniker Rebbe
OvruchAvoiding Conscription
Ovruch, UkraineStudying Khimesh Dilemma
Cluj-Napoca, UkraineThe Shtefaneshter Rebbe
Bălţi, Moldova
The Ribnitser Rebbe
Rîbniţa , Moldova
Sleeping At Grandpa’s
Klyachanovo, Ukraine
Celebrating Holidays
Starokostyantyniv
Holidays
Bershad, Ukraine
Throwing Stones on Kol Nidre
Zhytomyr, Ukraine
People Stood Outside
Kolomyya, Ukraine
A Child Lost To The Evil Eye
Vynohradiv, Ukraine
A Gravestone for My Mother
Bershad, Ukraine
Extinguishing Coals
Khust, Ukraine
Matzo Baking with Neighbors
Uman, Ukraine
Matzo Baking in the Shtetl
Vinnytsya, Ukraine
Passover Soup
Tulchyn, Ukraine
Stuffed Neck with Chicken Fat
Bershad, Ukraine
“a very religious family”
Berdychiv, Ukraine
Communal Matzo Baking
Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Coming Home
Mukacheve, UkrainePostwar Religious Practice
Bershad, Ukraine
A Neolog Family
Solotvyno, Ukraine
“make it a synagogue”
Berdychiv, Ukraine
Seder on a Kolkhoz
Teplyk, Ukraine
Rebbe, Reb Shneyer
Khmelnytskyy, UkraineA Little House with a Dirt Floor
Tulchyn, UkraineFood on Sabbath
Bershad, UkraineSabbath Was Sabbath
Berdychiv, Ukraine
“as though God had baked it”
Vinnytsya, Ukraine
Saving the Synagogue in Khust
Khust, UkraineThe Great Synagogue
Vinnytsya, UkraineCantor Gaz
Vinnytsya, UkraineWooden Synagogue
Vinnytsya, UkraineHome: One Small Room
Vinnytsya, Ukraine
Krishmeleyenen
Bratslav, Ukraine
“In short, I am a Jew”
Bratslav, UkraineBurial Customs
Bershad, Ukraine
The Matzo Bag
Teplyk, Ukraine
Making Matzo Dough with a Roller
Uman, UkraineThe Binding of Isaac
Teplyk, UkraineHebrew – the Language of Prayer
Bratslav, UkrainePeeking into the Men’s Section
Teplyk, Ukraine
The Butcher’s Synagogue
Khmelnytskyy, UkraineTransmitting Secrets to America
Khmelnytskyy, UkraineKheskele – the Clarinetist
Bershad, Ukraine
What It Means to Be a Jew
Vinnytsya, Ukraine
Getting Ready For Sabbath
Bershad, Ukraine
Bergider and Golda Meir
Uzhhorod, Ukraine
My Grandfather’s Observance
Haysyn, UkraineBratslav Matchmaking
Bratslav, Ukraine“we need to have a wedding!”
Bratslav, Ukraine
Bris
Tulchyn, UkraineThe Shiva
Bershad, UkraineRemedy for the Evil Eye
Vinnytsya, Ukraine
Ekhod mi yoydeo (Who knows one)
Kolomyya, Ukraine
The Head of the Fish
Rivne, Ukraine
Dishes in the Attic
Bratslav, Ukraine
The Esebet (Reclining Bed)
Shpykiv, Ukraine
Taking Out the Flour
Teplyk, Ukraine
Cholent
Zhytomyr, Ukraine
Sabbath and Poverty
Kamyanets-Podilskyy, Ukraine
The Prayer House
Uzhhorod, Ukraine
Rolling an Egg
Tomashpil, Ukraine
Remedy for the Whooping Cough
Lutsk, UkraineSanctification of the Moon
Teplyk, UkraineA Jew Must Eat Matzo
Bershad, Ukraine
The Holiday Cycle
Kamyanets-Podilskyy, Ukraine
Khad Gadyo (One Little Goat)
Bershad, Ukraine
Zionist Purim
Ternopil, Ukraine
Revolutionary Celebrations and Jewish Holy Days
Haysyn, UkraineEvgeniia’s Gefilte Fish
Bershad, UkraineArkadii’s Gefilte Fish
Haysyn, UkraineThe Sabbath Candles
Vinnytsya, UkraineChallah
Kamyanets-Podilskyy, UkraineDovid’s Gefilte Fish
Bratslav, Ukraine
Eating Tsimmes and Raising Geese
Mohyliv-Podilskyy, Ukraine