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0:00 - Introduction

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0:40 - Madalena's Family Background and Childhood

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Keywords: American; brother; Charleston, South Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; childhood; family background; family history; father; Georgia; Germany; heritage; mother; moving; roots; Statesville, North Carolina; U.S. Navy; United States Navy; US Navy

3:27 - Madalena's Experiences Moving Around the US in Childhood

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Keywords: Chicago, Illinois; diversity; moving; multiculturalism; Oklahoma; U.S.; United States; US

5:50 - Madalena's Experiences Learning Yiddish as a Non-Jewish Person

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Keywords: alef-beys; alphabet; German language; Hebrew names; non-Jews learning Yiddish; Yiddish learning

13:04 - Being Non-Jewish and Concentrating in Jewish Studies

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Keywords: academia; Jewish studies; study

17:35 - Yiddish Language as a Means to Accessing Yiddish Culture

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Keywords: Orthodox Jews; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning

19:45 - Madalena Discusses Coming to Yiddish After Studying German

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Keywords: German language; post-vernacularity; postvernacularity; pronunciation; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning

25:45 - Madalena's Appreciation for the Set of Experiences that Yiddish Represents

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Keywords: Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning

28:14 - The Flavor and the Texture of Speaking Yiddish

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Keywords: German language; language learning; linguistics; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Yiddish speakers

31:50 - Madalena Reflects on Her Time at the Steiner Yiddish Summer Program

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Keywords: Hebrew language; linguistics; loshn-koydesh; Rebecca Margolin; Steiner Yiddish Summer Program; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish learning

35:47 - Madalena's Reasons for Studying Yiddish and Reflections on Its Marginality

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Keywords: endangered languages; languages; linguistics; post-vernacularity; postvernacularity; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning

47:02 - Madalena's Interest in Yiddish in Religious and Secular Contexts

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Keywords: Boro Park; Borough Park; frum; Hasidic; Judaism; non-Jews learning Yiddish; religion; religious observance; secular; Yiddish culture; Yiddish learning

49:36 - Madalena Reflects on Being Outside and Inside the Yiddish Community

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Keywords: Chasidic communities; Chassidic communities; Hasidic communities; Hassidic communities; Judaism; non-Jewish identity; Yiddish language