1. [Romania, Iași; Jews, Yiddish-speakers; Romanians, Interviews, 2006] (10:03:48)

Date:
2006
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include childhood memories, including family, education, prewar Jewish life in Iași, Odobești, Podu Iloaiei, Chernivtsi, Rădăuți, Transnistria, and Bîrlad, occupational structure and Zionist organizations, neighborhoods, market life, folk and healing customs, food customs, including gefilte fish, synagogues, prewar and postwar Jewish and Yiddish culture, particularly theater and musical performances, traditional weddings, holiday celebrations, including Passover, Shavuot, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Purim, Sabbath celebrations with the local rebbe, prewar Hasidic life, non-Jews who spoke Yiddish; life during World War II, the Iași pogrom in 1941, forced labor in the Romanian army and Sharhorod, work in a quarry, life in the Iași, Ghernivtsi, Mohyliv-Podilskyy, Dzhurin, and Transnistria ghettos, the Red Army, fate of Jews in the region during the war; the postwar Soviet period, postwar Jewish life in Botoșani and Rădăuți, postwar Yiddish language and literature education in Rădăuți, contemporary Jewish life and visitors, cultural terminology and responses to dialectological questions. Includes visits to memorials in Iași, including the Abraham Goldfaden memorial, singing of popular Yiddish songs, and a tour of the former Meransky Synagogue of Iași. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

2. Adeles Laughing Song (01:54)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Unknown
Summary:
Soprano Virginia MacWatters was known not only for her impressive operatic career during which she performed in opera houses throughout the United States, Europe, and South America, but also for her dedication to teaching. In 1957 she joined the voice faculty of the Indiana University School of Music where she remained until her retirement in 1982. “Adele’s Laughing Song” is a piece from the operetta Die Fleidermaus composed by German - born Johann Strauss which first premiered in 1851.