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A Few of My Grandfather's Favorite Things
EX455_2327 David Berg, a South Philadelphia native, recounts his grandfather's love for cigars, cantorial music and schnapps.More from this narrator: David Berg
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Grandparents As Markers Of Ethnic Identity
EX455_2330 David Berg, a South Philadelphia native, talks about how ethnic identity is transmitted to individuals, citing his own experience with psychology. He discusses the ways in which his own...
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On the Decline of Yiddish Language Education and Rise in Assimilation in Mexico
EX461_2097 Arturo Kerbel-Shein, Yiddish language activist, argues that no longer teaching Yiddish in Mexican-Jewish day schools is a form of assimilation.More from this narrator: Arturo Kerbel-Shein
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To Be Jewish and Mexican
EX461_2098 Arturo Kerbel-Shein, Yiddish language activist, discusses his identity as both a Jew and a Mexican - and how the two coexist.More from this narrator: Arturo Kerbel-Shein
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Suppressing the Old World Jewishness
EX508_2929 Glenn Dynner, Professor of Religion at Sarah Lawrence College, recounts his parents' efforts to shirk the "Old World" Jewishness of their immigrant parents, which resulted in Yiddish being...
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Polonized Jews Are Not THE Story
EX508_2946 Glenn Dynner, Professor of Religion at Sarah Lawrence College reflects on his mentor, Antony Polonsky. Dynner argues that Polonsky's strong focus on Polonized Jews obscures the fact that...
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"Yiddish!? What Do You Want Yiddish For?" - Attitudes toward Yiddish in Israel
EX509_3074 Adi Mahalel, lecturer of Yiddish Studies at the University of Maryland, speaks about the negative attitude towards Yiddish that he faced growing up in Israel, whether it be from his staunch...
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Reflections on Ruth Wisse, "Doktormama" and My Introduction to Yiddish
EX505_2959 Miriam Udel, assistant professor of German Studies and Jewish Studies at Emory University, speaks about the monumental role that Ruth Wisse played in her doctoral work on secularization and...
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Modernism and the Yiddish Picaresque Novel
EX505_2965 Miriam Udel, assistant professor of German Studies and Jewish Studies at Emory University, speaks about her work involving modernism and the evolution of the novel. She suggests that...
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Becoming "The Jew": Experiencing Philo and Anti-semitism
EX518_3218 Tal Hever-Chybowski, historian and teacher of Yiddish and director of the Paris Yiddish Center Medem Library, explains that, as an Israeli immigrant in Germany, anti-semitism (a different...
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What is Jewish Music?: Music and its Role in Identity Negotiation
EX531_3262 Joshua Jacobson, professor of music at Northeastern University and founder / artistic director of Zamir Chorale of Boston, offers a definition for what is meant by "Jewish music," shares a...
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Resuscitating a Tradition: Bringing a Zamir Chorus Back to its Roots in Lodz,...
EX531_3263 Joshua Jacobson, professor of music at Northeastern University and founder / artistic director of Zamir Chorale of Boston, speaks about his choir's travels through Europe in celebration of...
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Breaking the Chain: New Americans and the (Lack of) Transmission of Old World...
EX532_3332 Max Kellerman, sportscaster and Yiddish enthusiast, recounts the experience of his family and many other secular Jews who left the rigid structure of Jewish communal life in Europe behind...
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"Michalina, Daughter of Israel": My Great-Aunt's Abduction by the Catholic...
EX589_3556 Michel Araten, banking/operations researcher by profession, recounts the story of his father's sister Michalina, who was kidnapped at thirteen by Catholic clergy and lived her life as a...
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Mystery or Hilarity: Attitudes toward Yiddish in Israel versus the United...
EX510_3147 Rachel Rojanski, Professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University, discusses the difference in cultural attitudes to Yiddish between Israel and the United States.More from this narrator:...
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