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Discovering Hebrew in Moscow
EX436_2878 Ber Kotlerman, native Yiddish speaker from Birobidzhan and professor of Yiddish language and literature at Bar-Ilan University, speaks about his first interaction with the Hebrew language...
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"If Judaism Dies, the World May Not Be Far Behind"
EX451_2374 Allen Katz, former student at the Yiddish Folk Shule in the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia, advises younger generations to remember and preserve their Jewish heritage.More from...
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A Sense of Collective Jewish Insecurity
EX451_2375 Allen Katz, former student at the Yiddish Folk Shule of the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia, speaks to Jewish insecurities caused by anti-Semitism around the world.More from this...
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The Future of Jewish Food: My Take
EX451_2376 Allen Katz, former student at the Yiddish Folk Shule of the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia, shares his thoughts on kashrus and what he sees as the future of Jewish cuisine.More...
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April 1948: Yiddish Was Still the Language of the Jewish People
EX451_2378 Allen Katz, former student at the Yiddish Folk Shule of the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia, recalls his Bar Mitzvah ceremony and his appreciation at the time for the Folkshule...
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The Wynnefield Yiddish Folk Shule
EX451_2381 Allen Katz, former student at the Yiddish Folk Shule in the Wynnefield neighborhood of Philadelphia, describes his Jewish education at the school.More from this narrator: Allen Katz
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The Little Shul in Philadelphia
EX455_2331 David Berg, a South Philadelphia native, describes the "Little Shul" in South Philadelphia where he attended services and was Bar Mitzvahed as a boy. He speaks about the origins of the...
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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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Prewar Jewish Life in Kovno, Lithuania
EX453_2062 Diane Cypkin, professor at Pace University and performer, describes prewar Jewish life in Kovno, Lithuania, including Yiddish theatre as well as native anti-Semitism.More from this...
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Performing My Molly Picon Show All Over the U.S. - Even in Montana
EX453_2082 Diane Cypkin, professor at Pace University and performer, describes her one-person concert/presentation on the life and career of the famous Yiddish performer Molly Picon. She explains why...
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"We Had to Forge Our Link Ourselves": A New Generation of Yiddish Theatre
EX503_3056 Motl Didner, Assistant Associate Director of the Folksbiene National Yiddish Theatre, speaks about the mixed blessing of working in the Yiddish theater without having been trained by its...
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Yiddish: The Missing Link in My Jewish Education
EX503_3059 Motl Didner, Assistant Associate Director of the Folksbiene National Yiddish Theatre, speaks about how studying Yiddish and Yiddish culture served to fill in the vast gap left by his Hebrew...
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Two Films That Touched My Soul: The Beginning of My Interest in Yiddish and...
EX267_2282 Alec Burko - graduate student and staff member at the Yiddish Forverts - describes how watching two films, Hasidim in America and The Godfather, inspired him to start learning Yiddish.More...
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"Our Parents Were Galutim (From the Exile), and We Were Israelis!": Negative...
EX510_3077 Rachel Rojanski, Professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University, reflects upon the negative attitudes towards Eastern Europe ("galut," Exile) exhibited by her family and peers while...
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