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0:00 - Introduction 0:33 - Sherrie's Family Background

Keywords: Bellingham, WA; brother; Canada; Hebrew day school; immigrants; immigration; Montréal, Québec; Montreal, Quebec; parents; Russia; sister; University of British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia; Winnipeg, Manitoba

3:04 - Sherrie Describes Growing up in a Jewish Home

Keywords: Jewish holidays; Jewish home; Orthodox Judaism; Orthodox schul; Orthodox shul; Orthodox synagogue; religious observance

5:08 - Sherrie Describes How Her Father Was a Treyf (Not Kosher) Butcher 7:49 - Sherrie Remembers Celebrating Holidays as a Child

Keywords: Chanukah; Hanukkah; Jewish holidays; khanike; Passover; Pesach; peysekh; Rosh Hashanah; rosheshone; seders; Simchas Torah; simkhes toyre; sukes; Sukkos; Sukkot

9:06 - Sherrie Describes Her Childhood Neighborhood

Keywords: assimilated; assimilation; childhood; Hebrew day school; Jewish community; Jewish friends; middle class; Vancouver, Canada

11:16 - The Languages Spoken in Sherrie's Childhood Home

Subjects: bilingualism; curse words; English language; multilingualism; swearing; Yiddish language; Yiddish speakers; Yiddish speaking

12:24 - Sherrie's Experience in School

Keywords: B'nai B'rith; baseball; coeducational schools; education; Hebrew; mixed gender schools; softball; talme-toyre; Talmud Torah; talmud-toyre

16:06 - Sherrie Describes Learning about the Holocaust

Keywords: Holocaust; Holocaust education; Holocaust history; Holocaust survivors; Hungarian Holocaust survivors; Jewish education

17:36 - The Values Sherrie Learned from Her Parents 18:53 - Sherrie Describes Moving to Montreal to Work at the Baron de Hirsch Institute

Keywords: Baron de Hirsch Institute; Canada; family therapist; family therapy; Jewish community; Jewish General Hospital; Jewish values; Montréal, Québec; Montreal, Quebec; social work

26:27 - Sherrie Describes the Political Upheaval in Montreal in 1968

Keywords: 1960s; 1968; 1970s; Canada; FLQ; Front de libération du Québec; Justin Trudeau; Montréal, Québec; Montreal, Quebec; political upheaval

29:51 - Sherrie's Experience of Community in Montreal 31:33 - The Role of Film in Sherrie's Life 34:05 - Sherrie Describes Her Travel Experiences 38:18 - Sherrie Describes the Relationship between Israeli and Jewish Identity 41:46 - How Sherrie Retains Elements of Her Jewish Upbringing 45:13 - Sherrie Discusses the Jewish Identity of Younger Generations 46:29 - Sherrie Discusses Multiculturalism in Montreal

Keywords: Canada; cultural mosaic; immigration; Islam; Montreal, Quebec; Montréal, Québec; multiculturalism; Orthodox Judaism; reasonable accommodation

49:38 - Multilingualism in Canadian Jewish Communities

Keywords: bilingual; Canada; English language; French language; Hebrew language; Jewish community; language education; Montréal, Québec; Montreal, Quebec; multiculturalism; multilingualism; religious education; Yiddish community; Yiddish language

52:47 - Sherrie's Reflections on Yiddish 54:11 - Sherrie's Collection of Pig Art 56:27 - Sherrie Shares Her Favorite Yiddish Phrase 57:20 - Sherrie's Advice for Future Generations
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