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I stopped being a corporate lawyer and devoted my life to Yiddish music
EX193_534 Sruli Dresdner describes how he discovered Klezmer music as a child and why he loves it.More from this narrator: Sruli Dresdner
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He Tried to Pass
EX219_1138 Debra Caplan, Ph.D. candidate in Yiddish, details how her father's desire to fit in to his new Orthodox school drove him to learn Yiddish from a local Rabbi from Vilna.More from this...
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Seating in the Synagogue
EX202_924 Alice Ahart remembers sitting downstairs with her father at the orthodox synagogue when she was young.More from this narrator: Alice Ahart
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Jewish English
EX221_1192 Sarah Bunin Benor - professor of Jewish studies and linguistics - tracks her interest in Jewish languages and her research on Jewish English, describing several studies she has...
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A Lot of Yiddish
EX178_1257 William Robin - temple administrator and WWII veteran - describes the Jewish aspects of his home, including keeping kosher, his grandfather's orthodoxy, and the large amount of Yiddish in...
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Orthodox Shul
EX178_1265 William Robin - temple administrator and WWII veteran - remembers how the men prayed at the Orthodox shul (synagogue) he attended in Providence, Rhode Island.More from this narrator:...
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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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Looking to Creativity as Central to the Future of Jewish Culture
EX272_1360 Lawrence Bush, editor of Jewish Currents magazine, describes what he sees as the future of Jewish culture: one that moves beyond Holocaust remembrance and that embraces creativity,...
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The Holidays Were "Like a Party" for Us Kids: Growing Up Orthodox in Saint...
EX370_1935 Adah Bakalinsky - philanthropist and walking advocate - remembers the fun of playing in the Orthodox synagogue during holiday services in her childhood home of St. Paul, Minnesota. More...
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Moishe's Kosher Lower East Side Bakery
EX405_2463 Allison Posner, former Yiddish Book Center fellow, talks about her job at Moishe's Kosher Bakery on the Lower East Side and describes how she was able to form meaningful connections with...
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Conversation With a Hasidic Man
EX405_3099 Allison Posner, former Yiddish Book Center fellow, tells a story about overcoming her apprehension to speak Yiddish to a Hasidic man in New York and the sense of connection that Yiddish...
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Orthodox Observance and a Reform Bat Mitzvah
EX439_2549 Selma Gordon, a retired school aide, remembers her family's observance of kashrut at home, as well as the bat mitzvah ceremony she participated in at a local Reform synagogue.More from this...
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Meeting in the Middle: My Parents' Approach to Jewishness
EX425_2676 Michael Yashinsky - stage director and Yiddish language student - describes what kind of home his parents, from equally Jewish but quite disparate backgrounds, created in which to raise...
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Offering Relief Through Yiddish After Hurricane Sandy
EX509_3076 Adi Mahalel, lecturer of Yiddish Studies at the University of Maryland, speaks about his experience volunteering as a Yiddish interpreter in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn following the...
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"Betwixt and Between" Worlds: Reflections On Never Fitting In
EX531_3260 Joshua Jacobson, professor of music at Northeastern University and founder / artistic director of Zamir Chorale in Boston, speaks about the social tension between his family's artistry,...
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