Grandfather used to eat with us on special plates.

Timișoara
Interviewee:
Timișoara
Date of birth:
1936
Interviewer:
Getta Neumann
November. 2012
,
Lod, Israel

Did you keep kosher at home?

Iudit: Not in at our house. When at our home, grandfather used to eat on special plates. My mother's brother, that is his son, did not eat a single slice of bread with us. We were not kosher. It was also difficult to keep kosher, and we lacked determination... We had holidays, we went to church; they took us pupils from school to church.

Duci (annoyed, corrects her): To the synagogue!

Iudit: To the synagogue! We celebrated the holidays. I’ve been lighting the Shabbat candles since we got married. Friday night.

Source:
Neumann, G. (2014) Destine evreiești la Timișoara. Portretul comunității din perioada interbelică până azi, Bucharest: Hasefer Publishing House

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