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Ben Zion Shenker: A Persistent Joshua Weisser Convinced My Parents I Should...
EX310_1903 Ben Zion Shenker, world-renowned composer of nigunim (wordless melodies) in the Modzitzer Hasidic dynasty's tradition, tells the story of how his first choral teacher, Cantor Joshua S....
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Ben Zion Shenker: Inspired by Modzitz Rebbe to Compose
EX310_2139 Ben Zion Shenker, world-renowned composer of nigunim (wordless melodies), shares how the Modzitzer Hasidic dynasty's tradition first inspired him to write compositions and his Yiddish...
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"I Never Needed Any Toys": Ben Zion Shenker and His Yossele Records
EX310_2138 Ben Zion Shenker, world-renowned composer of nigunim (wordless melodies) in the Modzitzer Hasidic dynasty's tradition, reflects on his singing style, citing chazzan (cantor) Yossele...
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Yiddish and English at Camp Kinderland
EX165_1728 Leo Summergrad - Yiddish speaker, educator, and WWII veteran - remembers attending Camp Kinderland in his youth and describes the use of Yiddish and English at camp. More from this...
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The Sights and Smells of Brooklyn
EX280_1454 Eli Kwartler, Jewish Community of Amherst co-president, describes the smells of the markets of the Brooklyn neighborhood of his childhood. More from this narrator: Eli Kwartler
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Yiddish, and Other Secret Languages
EX280_1455 Eli Kwartler, the Jewish Community of Amherst co-president, remembers the multiple languages his relatives would use when he was growing up.http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story...
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No Dairy for Peysakh, Just Matzoh and Schmaltz
EX178_1257 Will Robin - temple administrator and WWII veteran - remembers the foods of Peysakh (Passover) from before there was kosher l'peysakh (kosher for Passover) dairy.More from this narrator:...
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Politics in the Brooklyn Delis
EX280_1456 Eli Kwartler, Jewish Community of Amherst co-president, recalls his father reading Yiddish newspapers and discussing politics in Brooklyn delis.More from this narrator: Eli Kwartler
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The Katz Family: Four Generations of Progressive Yiddish Culture
While many Jewish families have left behind parts of their European lives in the journey to the United States, the descendants of the prominent writer of the political left, Moishe Katz, have managed...
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Non-Jewish Socialist German Refugees During WWII
EX206_1328 Eva Apfelbaum, artist and educator, remembers her time at a refugee camp set up by her parent's non-Jewish socialist German friends where she took care of young children.More from this...
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Personal Encounter With Anti Semitism in France During WWII
EX206_1330 Eva Apfelabum, artist and educator, describes the anti-Semitic comments she heard from her teacher as she compares her experiences in Germany and France.
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"I'll Be Your Mother": Remembering The Beginnings Of Vichy France
EX206_1331 Eva Apfelbaum, artist and educator, remembers the fall of France and the start of the Vichy government before recollecting memories of being prepared to lose her mother and meeting Orthodox...
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An Unexpected Discovery: Reconnecting With Father During WWII
EX206_1332 Eva Apfelbaum, artist and educator, shares how she and her mother unexpectedly reunited with her father and brother in the work camps of Vichy France during World War II.More from this...
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"Felt Like We Could Just As Soon Be in Germany": Harrassment of Refugees in...
EX206_1334 Eva Apfelbaum, artist and educator, describes her arrival to the United States, an immigration story taking place in old prisoner of war barracks in Baltimore, MD, that produced a...
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The "Glorious" Jewish Community of Bulawayo
EX290_2441 Ghita Wolpowitz, a Litvak (Lithuanian Jew), who grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), fondly recalls her memories of the vibrant Jewish community of Bulawayo....
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