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0:00 - Introduction 0:40 - Ari Discusses His Family Background

Keywords: 1910s; anti-Semitism; antisemitism; childhood; family background; family history; father; grandfather; grandmother; grandparents; heritage; Jewish upbringing; Judaism; mother; parents; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Poale Tsion; roots; Russian immigrants; Squirrel Hill

4:30 - The Politics in Ari's Family

Keywords: Emma Goldman; father; grandmother; grandparents; International Ladies' Garment Union; leftist politics; parents; politics; socialism; Yiddish leftism

6:42 - Ari's Reflections on a Yiddish Political Culture 7:49 - Ari's Early Experiences with Yiddish 9:34 - The Development of Ari's Interest in Yiddish

Keywords: academia; academics; Bard College at Simon's Rock; college; Gratz College; Paul Buhle; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish learning

11:35 - Transitioning to a More Intensive Yiddish Study Program 13:14 - Ari Describes the Types of People Who Study Yiddish 15:27 - The Influence of Ari's Personal Connection to Yiddish on His Learning 16:20 - Ari Discusses His Academic Plans 17:32 - Ari's Educational Background

Keywords: Adamah Farm; adolescence; Bard College at Simon's Rock; childhood; community college; elementary school; high school; Jewish education; kindergarten; pre-school; private school; Quakerism; Reform movement; social justice; teenage years

20:00 - Ari's Experience at the Adamah Farm

Keywords: Adamah Farm and Fellowship; anarchism; Avodat Lev; environmental justice; environmentalism; farming; Jewish farm school; Jewish identity; Judaism; meditation; Modern Orthodox Jews; sustainability

29:07 - Ari Reflects on His Jewish Identity and Its Connection to Yiddish 31:00 - Ari's Experiences with Different Jewish Communities

Keywords: Jewish community; Judaism; kashres; kashrus; kashrut; kashruth; kosher; Orthodox; religious observance; schul; Shabbat; Shabbos; shabes; shul; synagogues; tikkun olam

35:07 - Ari Talks About His Acting Experiences 36:42 - Ari's Experience Teaching English as a Second Langauge 39:12 - Ari on the Challenges of Studying Yiddish

Keywords: academia; academics; Rebecca Margolis; Steiner Yiddish Summer Program; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish learning; Yiddish scholarship

40:35 - Ari Discusses How It Feels to Speak Yiddish 42:42 - Ari's Favorite Yiddish Word 43:40 - Ari's Thoughts on How Yiddish is Perceived by the Wider Public
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