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Recording Content:
This tape is a continuation of an interview with Arkadii L'vivich Burshtein. (Part 2 of 3. See MDV 439 and MDV 681) He talks about Sobolivka before the war, a town of about one thousand people. He talks about the Jews who worked at the sugar factory, and other Jewish occupations. He recalls food customs and talks about matzos for Passover. He remembers the synagogue and how it was dangerous to attend, particularly for the young people. His grandfather, who was a cobbler, was deeply religious, and served in the military under Tsar Nicholas II. Arkadii went to a Yiddish school and remembers Yiddish councils and clubs from before the war. He discusses how his grandfather celebrated Jewish holidays. He discusses Jewish-Christian relations before the war and recalls his Christian friends. The tape concludes with a dialectological questionnaire.
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00:00:00
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They chat about the local community. Burshtein then talks about his family. He grew up with one sister and one brother. |
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00:04:31
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Burshtein discusses his childhood memories of Jewish Sobolivka, including occupational structure. According to him, the non-Jews lived in the countryside around town. Burshtein then speaks about Passover celebrations and describes how he carried the dough for matzo baking. He then addresses prewar religious life during the 1930s. Burshtein specifically talks about secret private services after the synagogue was closed down. |
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00:07:52
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Burshtein talks about his family, particularly his grandfather's friendship to a priest. |
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00:10:30
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Burshtein speaks about his life before the war. He addresses the synagogue visits with his grandfather on Sabbath. Burshtein explains how his grandfather would pick him up from school every day during Passover, so he would not eat any bread. Burshtein then speaks about prewar Soviet Yiddish life, including his school education. |
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00:13:36
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Burshtein recalls a Yiddish song about driving to Odesa. He then talks about his childhood years, including friends. Burshtein also speaks about his postwar school education at a Ukrainian night school. He then studied at a technical college in Lviv. |
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00:15:51
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Burshtein speaks about prewar holiday celebration, including Passover, Hanukkah and Yom Kippur. He also shares his recipe for gefilte fish and describes holiday food customs. |
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00:23:32
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Burshtein answers dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. Burshtein also talks about food customs on Passover, as well as shares Yiddish proverbs. |
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