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0:00 - Introduction 0:37 - Paul's Family Background and Childhood in Illinois
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Keywords: adolescence; Champaign, Illinois; childhood; conservatism; conservative; family background; family history; father; geologist; GOP; Harvey Kurtzman; heritage; Lenny Bruce; MAD comics; MAD Magazine; Martin Luther King, Jr.; MLK; mother; nurse; parents; Republican Party; roots; teenage years; Willie Mays
3:35 - Paul Talks About the Home and Neighborhood in Which He Grew Up
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Keywords: America; middle class; mother; nurse; parents; racism; segregation; U.S.; United States; US
4:45 - Paul Recalls Learning About Leftist Politics and Civil Rights
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Keywords: adolescence; childhood; civil rights; family; leftist politics; Martin Luther King, Jr.; MLK; picket lines; racism; teenage years
6:38 - Paul's Impression of the Jewish Community in Champaign, Illinois
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Keywords: adolescence; Champaign, Illinois; chess board; childhood; college professors; education; intellect; Jewish culture; Jewishness; teenage years; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:38 - Becoming the Spokesperson for a Largely Jewish Political Organization
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Keywords: activism; activists; anti-Semitism; anti-war; antisemitism; Beat generation; college; Democratic party; education; high school; Jewish community; Jewish culture; Jewish organization; left-wing; leftist politics; San Francisco, California; Shabbos-goy; shabes-goy; University of Illinois
13:20 - Interacting with Diverse Populations While in College
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Keywords: bohemian; college; Diasporic; gay; Gentile; Jewishness; lesbian; LGBTQ; non-Jewish; University of Illinois
15:49 - Paul's Engagement with the Yiddish Speakers of the American Left
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Keywords: "Oral History of the American Left"; 1960s; Aaron Lansky; dissertation; left-wing; politics; Providence, Rhode Island; student movements; Yiddish learning; Yiddish speakers
21:15 - Paul Describes Learning Yiddish and Giving Talks on Jewish Continuity
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Keywords: 1980s; American Jewry; Brown University; communism; Gentile; German language; Jewish American life; Jewish community; Jewish continuity; Jewish culture; Jewish studies; Judaic studies; left-wing; leftist politics; non-Jewish; poetry; popular culture; Providence, Rhode Island; Yiddish course; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning
27:27 - Paul Recounts Meeting Aaron Lansky and Relating to His Mission
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Keywords: Aaron Lansky; Henry Sapoznik; Jewish anarchist; Larry Bush; left-wing; leftist politics; oral history; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish books; Yiddish newspapers; Yiddish publications; Yiddishkayt; Yiddishkeit; yidishkayt; yidishkeyt
32:08 - Paul Remembers Oral History Interviews that Stand Out to Him
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Keywords: 1980s; activism; interviews; Jewish culture; Jewish leftism; Labor Zionism; left-wing; leftist politics; memory; oral history; women activists
36:20 - Paul Discusses What He Likes About the Yiddish Language
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Keywords: politics; social historian; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish literature; Yiddish poetry; Yiddish speakers; Yiddish writers
42:20 - Doing Oral History in Jewish Communities in Miami Beach
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Keywords: interviewing; Miami Beach, Florida; oral history; Yiddish language; Yiddish speakers
45:40 - Paul's Experience as a Non-Jew Interviewing Older Progressive Jews 49:06 - Paul Discusses Creating and Collaborating on His Comic Strip, "Yiddishkeit"
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Keywords: "Yiddishkeit"; arts; Baruch Rivkin; cartoonists; cartoons; comic writers; comics; Harvey Pekar; Hershl Hartman; Sharon Rudahl; students; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish press
58:05 - Paul Describes Baruch Rivkin's Ideas About Yiddishland
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Keywords: Baruch Rivkin; Jewish culture; Jewish philosophy; literary culture; literature; Yiddish culture; Yiddishland
61:25 - Including the Script of Allen Lewis Rickman's Play "The Essence" in the "Yiddishkeit" Comics 64:05 - Paul Discusses the History of Jews in American Popular Culture
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Keywords: 1950s; 1960s; 1990s; American Jewry; American popular culture; Jewish culture; MAD comics; MAD Magazine; marginality; satire
68:56 - Paul's Use of Yiddish Now and His Advice for Future Generations
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Keywords: advice; future generations; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddishkayt; Yiddishkeit; yidishkayt; yidishkeyt