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0:17 - Introduction 0:40 - Efim's Family Background 1:11 - Efim Describes the Atmosphere of His Childhood Home

Keywords: cantor; chazan; chazzan; childhood; Chişinău; daven; davening; davn; doven; family background; hazan; hazzan; Jewish community; khazn; Kishinev; Kishinëv, Moldova; Kishinyov; matse; matza; matzah; matzo; Romanian language; schul; shul; synagogue; Yiddish language

3:36 - Efim's Childhood in the Soviet Union

Keywords: anti-Semitism; antisemitism; childhood; Chişinău; education; Kishinev; Kishinëv, Moldova; Kishinyov; politics; primary school; relationships; schul; secondary education; shul; Soviet Union; synagogue; USSR

6:40 - Efim Describes His Childhood Home, and the Town He Grew Up In

Keywords: childhood home; Chişinău; family; Jewish community; Kishinev; Kishinëv, Moldova; Kishinyov; Komsomol; Little Octobrists; politics; relationships; Romanian language; Russian language; shtetl; Soviet Union; USSR; Yiddish language; Young Pioneers; youth group; Zionism; Zionist

10:11 - Efim's Education and His Career In Music

Keywords: career; childhood; choir director; classical music; education; family relationships; music; secondary education; Soviet Union; USSR; Yiddish music

11:17 - Yiddish Theater in Soviet Russia

Keywords: childhood; Chişinău; family relationships; Kishinev; Kishinëv, Moldova; Kishinyov; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Soviet Union; USSR; Yiddish poetry; Yiddish songs; Yiddish theater; Yiddish theatre

12:51 - Languages Efim Uses at Home

Keywords: assimilation; childhood; Chişinău; English language; Kishinev; Kishinëv, Moldova; Kishinyov; multilingualism; Romanian language; Russian language; Soviet Union; USSR; Yiddish language

16:16 - Efim Describes His Experience Composing Yiddish Songs

Keywords: Abraham Sutzkever; Avrom Sutzkever; classical music; Klezkamp; multilingualism; music composition; Yiddish music; Yiddish poetry; Yiddish songs

22:46 - Experiences Teaching Yiddish Song

Keywords: KlezKanada; KlezParis; KlezVienna; music composition; music education; music pedagogy; music teacher; music teaching; Yiddish music; Yiddish songs

26:18 - Musical Projects and Touring Across Europe

Keywords: career; Itsik Manger; Itzik Manger; megile; Megillah; multilingualism; music composition; music performance; musical theater; musical theatre; Yiddish acting; Yiddish folk songs; Yiddish language; Yiddish speakers; Yiddish speaking

32:03 - Efim's Thoughts on the Yiddish Cultural Revival 36:10 - Memorable Moments from Teaching Yiddish Music 39:38 - The Ways In Which Efim Uses Yiddish Today

Keywords: Chasid; Chasidic; Chasidism; Chassid; Chassidic; Chassidism; family relationships; Hasid; Hasidic; Hasidism; Hassid; Hassidic; Hassidism; Yiddish language; Yiddish speakers; Yiddish speaking

41:58 - Other Languages that Efim Wants to Learn 42:58 - Recent Changes In the Klezmer Community

Keywords: assimilation; education; Jewish community; Jewish professions; klezmer music; world culture; Yiddish language

44:48 - Efim Considers the Place of Yiddish Culture Today 47:21 - Efim Shares Some Advice With the Future Generation of Musicians
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