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Itzhak Luden's Oral History
Itzhak Luden, z"l, editor of Lebns-Fragn (Yiddish Bundist journal), was interviewed by Christa Whitney on June 18, 2014 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
This interview was conducted in Yiddish.
Itzhak Luden was born in Poland. Itzhak, z"l, died in 2017.
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Themes:
- Advice
- Family histories
- Childhood
- Jewish Identity
- Yiddish language
- Yiddish revival and activism
- Yiddish scene
- Yiddish speaker
- Immigration and migration
- Singing
- Press
- Literature
- Books
- Newspapers
- Career and Professional Life
- Holocaust
- World War II
- Israel
- Soviet Union
- Russia
- Yiddish personalities
- Jewish community
- Rural
- Urban
- Warsaw
- Poland
- Medem Santorium
- Lebns-fragn
- Arbeter Ring
- Workmen's Circle
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- Bund
- socialism
- Yitzchok Luden
- Yitzhak Luden
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