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Laurie Weinberg, clinical psychologist, gives advice for people dealing with their Jewish identity and speaks on the importance of the Yiddish Book Center.

The Soul of a People

Laurie Weinberg, clinical psychologist, talks about the importance of Yiddish and why she is personally drawn to it.

I Loved Reading from the Torah

Laurie Weinberg, clinical psychologist, describes having a bat mitzvah as an adult with her father, son, and grandson present.

Learning About the Holocaust

Laurie Weinberg, clinical psychologist, recounts her experience learning about he Holocaust, and her father's involvement in the liberation of displaced persons camps.

"But it Had the Pathos": Difficulties of Recording with Hasidic Singers

Velvel Pasternak, musicologist, recalls the difficulties of recording nigunim as sung by hasidim, as well as the rewards of believing in music.

Jews In The Army

Laurie Weinberg, clinical psychologist, recalls her childhood moving from army base to army base, and talks about what it was like growing up in a Jewish military family.

Shabbes at Camp Boiberik

Chana Mlotek, music archivist at YIVO, recalls the traditions and music of Shabbes ritual at Camp Boiberik.

Pesach Seder

Chana Mlotek, music archivist at YIVO, recalls memories of childhood seders.

Gilbert and Sullivan Purim

Chana Mlotek, music archivist at YIVO, shares the sheet music from her "Gilbert and Sullivan Purim Play" and sings a Yiddish song based on "For He Is an Englishman."

Modzitzer Marches Now Used in the Israeli Army

Velvel Pasternak, musicologist and major publisher of Jewish music, explains the origins of Israeli marches from a Modzitzer rebbe.