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My First Experience With the Yiddish Book Center
Nancy Sherman tells the story of first meeting Aaron Lansky, the founder of the Yiddish Book Center, while doing an interview for Hadassah magazine.
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In this ongoing series, the Wexler Oral History Project interviews prominent figures in Academia contributing research in areas related to Yiddish literature, language, and culture. Wexler Oral...
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Advice to New Yiddish Scholars: Commitment
Professor Cecile Kuznitz gives advice to students of Yiddish and Yiddish culture: be committed.
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Creation of KlezKamp
Adrienne Cooper z"l discusses the roots of KlezKamp and how the idea for it came directly out of the YIVO intensive Yiddish summer program. Instead of a summer language program with some cultural...
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"It ain't never been away"
Theodor Bikel explains that culture is "cyclical" and uses an example from the folk music revival of the 1960s to illustrate his point.
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Playing My Own Music
Jeff Warschauer talks about the desire people have to return to their roots and his own realization that playing Jewish music could be a way for him to do this.
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The Roots of "Born to Kvetch"
Michael Wex explains how the idea for his book "Born to Kvetch" came out of the Yiddish language classes he taught and his students' desires for more information about Yiddish culture.
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A New York Jewish Experience
Charles Corfield talked about Yiddish as an entry into a world that one wouldn't otherwise be privy to.
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A Virtual Shtetl
Charles Corfield discusses how the virtual world can help a younger generation connect with Jewish history.
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Keeping Up With Yiddish Through the Forverts
Charles Corfield talks about how he keeps up with his Yiddish through reading Forverts on Shabbes afternoons.
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The Barrier to Yiddish Has Dropped Dramatically
Charles Corfield talks about how wonderful it is to have the Yiddish Book Center as a resource to a person who wants Yiddish information but doesn't have it readily available in their given location.
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When the Jewish Bulb Flickered On
Charles Corfield talks about the beginnings of his interest in Jewish culture.
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