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0:00 - Introduction 0:57 - Sami's Family Background and Early Childhood

Keywords: 1940s; Austria-Hungary; Austro-Hungarian Empire; Cernăuți; Chernivtsi, Ukraine; Chernovtsy; childhood; Czernowitz; family background; German language; Holocaust; Iasi; Iași, Romania; khurbm; khurbn; labor camps; Mogilev, Ukraine; Mogilev-Podolski; Mohyliv, Ukraine; Mohyliv-Podils'kyy; Mohyliv-Podilskyi; parents; Romania; Russian language; Shoah; Soviet Union; Transylvania; Ukraine; USSR; Yiddish language; Yiddish speakers; Yiddish theater; Yiddish theatre

4:53 - Sami's Path to Finding Community Among Holocaust Survivors

Keywords: 1940s; 2000s; career and professional life; childhood; children; Eichmann trial; Holocaust; Holocaust survivors; intergenerational transmission; khurbm; khurbn; Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust; parents; public speaker; repatriation; Romania; Shoah; sister; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

11:11 - Sami Explains His Purpose in Speaking to Young People

Keywords: anti-Semitism; antisemitism; discrimination; Holocaust; human rights; intergenerational transmission; khurbm; khurbn; labor camps; Nazi human experimentation; Nazi medical experiments; persecution; public speakers; Shoah

13:28 - Sami Describes His Life and Home in Romania after World War II

Keywords: "The Golem"; chicken soup; childhood; cinema; cooking; family; film; food; German language; gribenes (fried goose/chicken skin); grivalach; Hebrew language; high school; Iași, Romania; Jewish community; Judaism; kashres; kashrus; kashrut; kashruth; kosher; latkes; mamaliga; mămăligă; mother; movies; Orthodox Judaism; Passover; Pesach; peysekh; religious observance; religious practice; Romania; Romanian language; Russian language; schmaltz; schmalz; shmalts; shul; sour pickles; teenage years; university; Yiddish language; Yiddish newspapers; Yiddish publications; Yiddish theater; Yiddish theatre

22:44 - Sami's Career Path from Accounting to Sales 25:26 - Sami Discusses the Jewish Values that He Grew Up With

Keywords: Chanukah; charity; childhood; Christmas; compassion; family; Hanukkah; holidays; interfaith marriage; intermarriage; Jewish values; Judaism; khanike; religion; Torah; upbringing

27:57 - Sami's Path from Romania to Israel and the United States

Keywords: 1960s; 1980s; children; family; father; grandchildren; Holocaust survivors; immigration and migration; Israel; Israeli Airforce; Manhattan, New York City, New York; motivational speaker; public speaker; refugees; United States; Zionism; Zionist

31:19 - Sami Explains How He Has Overcome the Challenges in His Life 39:35 - Memorable Experiences from Sami's Motivational Speaking Career

Keywords: career and professional life; children; Hillel; intergenerational transmission; Mexico; Mississippi State University; motivational speaker; public speaker

46:27 - Sami Speaks About His Relationship with Yiddish

Keywords: "A yidishe mame" ("A Jewish mother"); "Oyfn pripetchik" ("On the hearth"); "Oyfn veg shteyt a boym" ("By the road stands a tree"); "Rozhinkes mit mandlen" ("Raisins and almonds"); Hebrew language; Jewish identity; Judaism; Yiddish language; Yiddish music; Yiddish songs; Yiddish speaker

51:27 - Sami's Perspective on Cultural Transmission and the Future of Yiddish

Keywords: Arbeiter Ring; Arbeter Ring; cultural transmission; intergenerational transmission; Jewish culture; Judaism; language; Workers Circle; Workmen's Circle; Yiddish culture; Yiddish future; Yiddish language; Yiddish revival; Yiddish theater; Yiddish theatre

56:29 - Sami Stresses the Importance of Educating Youth about the Holocaust

Keywords: Auschwitz-Birkenau; Belzec; Bełżec extermination camp; Chełmno extermination camp; concentration camps; death camps; extermination camps; genocide; Holocaust; Holocaust denial; Holocaust deniers; Holocaust education; Holocaust survivor; khurbm; khurbn; labor camps; Majdanek extermination camp; March of the Living; motivational speaker; Nazi human experimentation; Nazi medical experiments; Neo-Nazis; public speaker; Shoah; Sobibor; Sobibór extermination camp; Treblinka extermination camp

62:02 - Sami's Advice to Future Generations
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