Zhenya Raykhman

Interview # 24387

Gender Female

Age 74

Date of Birth January 25, 1922

Date of Interview December 22, 1996

Interviewer David Karlin

Duration 2 hours and 48 minutes

Number of Tapes 6

Transcript Status 6 tapes have been transcribed, and no transcripts have been reviewed. Please check back soon for the latest updates.

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Place of BirthStanivtsi (סטאַנעװיץ)

Zhenya Raykhman
born January 25, 1922

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January 25, 1922

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Place of InterviewBrooklyn, New York, USA

Zhenya Raykhman
interviewed December 22, 1996

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Tapes

• Tape 1
• Tape 2
• Tape 3
• Tape 4
• Tape 5
• Tape 6

From the collection of the USC Shoah Foundation

Transcripts

• yidish

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• Tape 1Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 2Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 3Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 4Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 5Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 6Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)

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• Bleaman, Isaac L., and Chaya R. Nove. 2025. The Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe: Goals, Methods, and Applications. Language Documentation & Conservation 19: 142–157. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74812.
• Raykhman, Zhenya. 1996. Interview 24387. USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. USC Shoah Foundation. Accessed April 9, 2025.
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  @Article{Bleaman_Nove-2025,
      author     = {Isaac L. Bleaman and Chaya R. Nove},
      journal    = {Language Documentation \& Conservation},
      pages      = {142--157},
      title      = {The {Corpus} of {Spoken} {Yiddish} in {Europe}: Goals, Methods, and Applications},
      url        = {https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74812},
      volume     = {19},
      year       = {2025}
  }
  
  @Misc{Raykhman-1996,
      author     = {Zhenya Raykhman},
      note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
      publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
      title      = {Interview 24387},
      urldate    = {2025-04-09},
      year       = {1996}
  }

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