Tag #151769 - Interview #84041 (Yacob Hollander)

My grandfather and grandmother were religious and observed Jewish traditions. They raised their children religious. My grandfather was short and had a big beard with streaks of gray and payes. My grandmother was short, fatty and cheerful. She had her hair cut. When going to the synagogue on Sabbath or on holidays, my grandmother wore a wig, but at home she covered her head with a black kerchief. My grandmother always wore black clothes. My mother wore clothes of different, though, dark colors, but not my grandmother. She wore ankle-long skirts and long-sleeved shirts. The only difference of my grandmother’s clothes was that they were woolen in winter and cotton in summer. She had a fancy black silk outfit for the synagogue. My grandfather only wore black clothes too. On weekdays he wore a black suit with a jacket and put on a long jacket and a long coat to go to the synagogue. He wore a kippah at home and a black hat to go out.