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0:00 - Introduction 0:17 - Vardit's Family and Modern Orthodox Jewish Upbringing

Keywords: artist; bas-mitsve; bat mitzvah; bath mitzvah; brothers; Canada; cookbooks; Ethiopa; family background; father; Jewish upbringing; Modern Orthodox Judaism; mother; parents; prayer; religious observance; rituals; schul; Shabbat; Shabbos; shabes; shul; siblings; sisters; synagogue; Toronto, Ontario; travel

6:42 - Vardit Speaks about Her Educational Background

Keywords: academia; academics; Aramaic language; Celtic studies; CHAT; college; Jewish education; Jewish schools; Orthodox Judaism; UFT; university

9:28 - Vardit on What Led Her to the Yiddish Book Center's Summer Program 10:22 - Vardit's Thoughts on the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program

Keywords: Rebecca Margolis; singing; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Yiddish teachers; Yuri Vedenyapin

15:02 - The Traces of Yiddish Language and Culture in Vardit's Family

Keywords: Ashkenazi culture; family; grandmother; mother; reading; singing; songs; Yiddish books; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish speakers; Yinglish

18:19 - Vardit's Future Plans and Her Interest in Medieval Irish Literature

Keywords: Celtic studies; comparative literature; graduate studies; Hebrew Bible; Irish literature; languages; medieval literature; Old Testament; Tanakh; undergraduate degree; Yiddish literature

21:50 - Vardit's Comfort with Studying Languages 23:00 - Vardit's Perspective on the Position of Yiddish in the World Today

Keywords: Chasidic; Chasidim; Chasidism; Chassidic; Chassidim; Chassidism; Hasidic; Hasidim; Hasidism; Hassidic; Hassidim; Hassidism; khasidizm; khsidish; khsidizm; languages; Yiddish language; Yiddish speakers; Yinglish

26:42 - Vardit's Favorite Yiddish Word
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