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0:00 - Introduction
0:39 - Joshua Discusses His Lack of Knowledge on His Family Background
2:50 - The Jewishness of Joshua's Childhood Home and Community
6:13 - Joshua's Parents' Involvement in Jewish Organizational Life
7:10 - Joshua Discusses His Jewish and General Education
12:09 - Joshua's Graduate Education and Work Experience
13:32 - Joshua Reflects on How Jewish Topics Were Taught in Jewish Day School
15:35 - Joshua's Thoughts on the Literature He Was Exposed to in High School
17:40 - The Impact of Literature on Identity Formation
21:20 - Joshua Describes His Academic Mentors and Their Impact
30:55 - Joshua's Experience Learning Yiddish at the YIVO Summer Program
37:52 - Joshua's Academic Identity as an Americanist
41:31 - The Relationship Between Joshua's Public and Academic Work
45:37 - The Challenges and Delights of Teaching at the University Level
51:21 - Joshua on How Teaching Relates to the Project of Cultural Transmission
54:55 - The Place of Yiddish in Comparative Literature Projects Across Academia
58:23 - Joshua's Thoughts on the Concept of a "Yiddish Revival"
60:40 - Joshua Discusses His Favorite Yiddish Word
62:47 - Joshua's Advice for Students of Yiddish