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Recording Content:
The first part of this recording is the continuation of a formal interview with Grigory Kishlyansky. (Part 2 of 2. See MDV 149)
The second part of the recording includes an interview with Elena Abramovich, the great-granddaughter of Mendele Mocher Sforim. This interview is conducted in Russian.
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00:00:00
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Kishlyansky answers dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. |
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00:10:14
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The team concludes the interview with Kishlyansky. |
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00:10:57
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The camera cuts to the formal interview with Abramovich. She shows a Passover cup, she inherited from her great-grandmother. She also addresses personal letters between her great-grandfather and Sholem Aleichem. |
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00:15:38
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Abramovich talks about visiting Sholem Aleichem's house. She then speaks about her father's studies at a conservatory in Odessa. Abramovich published a book about her great-grandfather called "Наш Менделе" (our Mendele). |
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00:21:40
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Abramovich speaks about her family, in particular her father's work. She then shows manuscripts by Mendele's daugther about the encounter of Mendele and Sholem Aleichem. |
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00:29:37
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Abramovich tells episodes about her great-grandfather. |
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00:33:06
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Abramovich talks about Mendele's work and contemporary museums that host his collection. |
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