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Recording Content:
The first part of the tape is a concert by community members, performed in the Odesa community center. (Part 2 of 2. See MDV 610)
The second part of the tape includes informal chat with members about setting up formal interviews.
A formal interview begins with Riva (Rivke) Borukhovna Medved, nee Chernousova, born 1927 in Gorodkovka. (Part 1 of 3. See MDV 613 and MDV 614)
The camera cuts to the third part of the tape, which includes a formal interview with Alexander (Shure) Ilyich Cherner, born 1935 in Balta. (Part 1 of 2. See MDV 612)
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The first part of the tape is a concert by community members, performed in the Odesa community center. Members sing a number of songs. |
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00:01:01
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The second part of the tape includes informal chat with members about setting up formal interviews. The team speaks with Riva (Rivke) Borukhovna Medved, born 1927 in Gorodkovka. |
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00:03:15
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The first part of the formal interview with Medved, nee Chernousova, begins. She provides personal information and talks about her family. She worked as 3:55 for thirty years. She lived there for 43 years. |
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00:04:21
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The camera cuts to the third part of the tape, which includes a formal interview with Alexander (Shure) Ilyich Cherner, born 1935 in Balta. Cherner provides personal information and talks about his family. He then talks about his grandfather who was a klezmer musician, as well as his own klezmer melodies. Cherner played the Fidl in klezmer bands. |
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00:14:05
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Cherner talks about Yiddish culture, in particular theater, after World War II. He then talks about his work. He moved to Kharkiv and worked at a factory as turner and locksmith. After the war, Cherner lived in Balta until 1952 and moved to Odesa in 1961. He then talks about his family. |
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00:16:29
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Cherner discusses his childhood memories and Jewish life in prewar Balta. Cherner performed with his grandfather at Jewish weddings. He recalls one wedding with a wedding canopy in 1948 in Balta. Cherner also addresses postwar religious life in Balta. |
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00:26:11
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Cherner discusses holiday celebrations and recalls the local kosher butcher after the war. He then answers questions about cultural terminology and talks about his family. Cherner was imprisoned in the Balta ghetto. |
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00:33:13
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Cherner discusses his childhood memories. He attended a Russian school. He then talks about wedding performances with his grandfather. |
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00:37:31
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Cherner talks about his family and holiday celebrations, as well as touching upon food customs. He then talks about prewar Jewish life. |
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00:41:24
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Cherner talks about his life in Odesa, where he moved to in 1961. He addresses his own wedding in 1962. Cherner then talks about Jewish agricultural colonies and Jewish communists. |
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00:41:24
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Cherner talks about his life in Odesa, where he moved to in 1961. He addresses his own wedding in 1962. Cherner then talks about Jewish agricultural colonies and Jewish communists. |
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00:47:13
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Cherner talks about his life during the war, when he was imprisoned in the Balta ghetto. Cherner’s family lived at a neighbor’s house. He recalls Jews from different regions, including Bessarabia and Romania. Cherner talks about the shooting of his uncle, who was locked with other people in a room at the train station. |
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00:54:35
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Cherner discusses Yiddish dialects. He then talks about his family. His mother was born in Balta and his father in Odesa. |
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00:56:48
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Cherner talks about the song he sings at his mother’s grave. He then talks about the song “Yerushalayim” he wrote the melody for in Israel. |
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00:59:23
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Cherner answers questions about cultural terminology and from the AHEYM Yiddish questionnaire. |
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