A Family History of High European Culture
David Mazower describes his family's history and its connection to high European culture. He focuses on his great-grandfather, the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch, who was friends with prominent people of...
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Musician Assaf Talmudi explains that his parents grew up in Israel speaking only Hebrew, despite the fact that their parents' spoke fluent Yiddish.
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EX169_586 Helen Yelen - wife, mother, grandmother, and friend - describes her memorable Aunt Frieda, who lived to be 104.
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EX169_596 Helen Yelen - wife, mother, grandmother, and friend - tells how a policeman was killed in the line of duty and how his wife did not receive a pension because she would not allow an autopsy.
View ArticleBecoming Secular
EX169_638 Helen Yelen - wife, mother, grandmother, and friend - talks about her mother's illness and how it led to her eventually moving away from religion.
View Article"...but the Rabbi went"
EX169_653 Helen Yelen - wife, mother, grandmother, and friend - recounts the story of her sixtieth anniversary party, which her cousin did not attend because of Kashrut laws.
View ArticleDad, they understand Yiddish
EX188_699 Michael Katz, activist and grandson of Yiddish journalist Moishe Katz, speaks about the role of Yiddish language and culture in his family.
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EX188_702 Michael Katz, activist and grandson of Yiddish journalist Moishe Katz, describes meeting the famous musician Itzhak Perlman.
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EX188_707 Michael Katz, activist and grandson of Yiddish journalist Moishe Katz, remembers his childhood in Bronx and being the only Jewish child at school on many Jewish holidays.
View ArticleFour Generations of Yiddish Activism
EX188_706 Michael Katz, activist and grandson of Yiddish journalist Moishe Katz, outlines the history of his family and explains what it means to him to be both secular and active in the Jewish...
View ArticleI'm an Alien From Perel
EX115_646 Pauline Katz, 2010-11 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, talks about her feelings on knowing Yiddish as a child.
View ArticleTaking A Yiddish Glossary to the First Day of School
EX115_649 Pauline Katz, 2010-11 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, muses on her childhood experiences going to preschool being the only Yiddish speaker as well as the only Jew.
View ArticleExploring Romania with My Father
EX132_611 David Schlitt, 2010-11 Yiddish Book Center Fellow, describes a trip to Romania he took with his father.
View ArticleYiddish-speaking Grandpas
EX180_686 Arthur Klein describes his grandfathers, one of whom gave very memorable hugs.
View ArticleI Cash Old Clothes!
EX180_677 Arthur Klein describes how his grandfathers made a good living off of window cleaning, apartment rentals and selling old clothes.
View ArticleA Family History of High European Culture
EX74_612 David Mazower describes his family's history and its connection to high European culture. He focuses on his great-grandfather, the Yiddish writer Sholem Asch, who was friends with prominent...
View ArticleOnly Hebrew Allowed
EX155_474 Musician Assaf Talmudi explains that his parents grew up in Israel speaking only Hebrew, despite the fact that their parents' spoke fluent Yiddish.Assaf Talmudi
View ArticleSpirited Aunt Frieda
EX169_586 Helen Yelen - wife, mother, grandmother, and friend - describes her memorable Aunt Frieda, who lived to be 104.Helen Yelen
View ArticleThe Policeman and the Horse Thief
EX169_596 Helen Yelen - wife, mother, grandmother, and friend - tells how a policeman was killed in the line of duty and how his wife did not receive a pension because she would not allow an...
View ArticleBecoming Secular
EX169_638 Helen Yelen - wife, mother, grandmother, and friend - talks about her mother's illness and how it led to her eventually moving away from religion. Helen Yelen
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