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0:00 - Introduction

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0:41 - Sophie's Family Background in Odessa (in Yiddish)

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Keywords: America; family background; family history; father; heritage; immigrants; immigration; lithographer; mother; parents; roots; U.S.; United States; US

1:44 - Murray's Family Background in Latvia and Immigration to the United States (in Yiddish)

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Keywords: 1920s; America; brother; childhood; family background; family history; father; heritage; immigrants; immigration; Latvia; New Jersey; New York; roots; U.S.; United States; US

4:38 - Sophie's Recollections from Her Childhood Home in New York (in Yiddish)

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Keywords: apartment; childhood home; cultural diversity; East Village, New York City; immigrants; immigration; multiculturalism; New York

7:38 - Murray Recalls the Atmosphere of His Childhood Home

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Keywords: America; brother; childhood; Columbus, Ohio; education; New York City; U.S.; United States; US

10:41 - Murray Discusses His College Years

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Keywords: 1930s; college; education; student movement; student newspaper

12:18 - Sophie Remembers How She and Murray Met

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Keywords: car accident; car crash; children; college; husband; love; marriage; master's degree; pacifism; relationships; student movements; student politics; wife

16:05 - The Role of Yiddish in Sophie and Murray's Life Together

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Keywords: English language; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language

21:09 - Murray and Sophie Talk About Coming Back to Yiddish in Later Life

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Keywords: bilingualism; Hillel; New York City; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish literature; Yiddish poetry

28:07 - Sophie Describes the Fairy Tales Her Grandmother Told Her

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Keywords: father; grandmother; grandparents; mother; parents; Yiddish language

30:06 - Sophie and Murray Discuss the Impact of the Holocaust on their Jewish Identities

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Keywords: army; careers; Holocaust; Jewish history; Jewish identity; refugees; social work; witnessing; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish literature

34:23 - Sophie and Murray Discuss the Yiddish of Their Youth

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Keywords: father; grandmother; mother; parents; Workmen's Circle; Yiddish language; Yiddish phrases; Yiddish sayings

36:13 - Sophie and Murray on Their Children's Awareness of Yiddish Culture

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Keywords: children; daughter; grandchildren; Jewish culture; Jewish history; Jewish identity; parenting; Yiddish language

40:05 - Sophie and Murray Reflect on Other Jewish Languages and the Persistence of Yiddish

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Keywords: Jewish languages; Ladino language; Passover; Pesach; peysekh; Seattle, Washington; Sefardic Jewry; Sefardim; Sephardic Jewry; Sephardim

41:48 - What Yiddish and Jewish Culture Means for Sophie and Murray

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Keywords: childhood; family; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; youth

45:11 - Sophie Describes Her Parents' Life in Odessa

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Keywords: 1900s; America; Antwerp, Belgium; European culture; family; father; heritage; mother; Odesa; Odessa, Ukraine; parents; pogroms; roots; U.S.; United States; US

50:32 - Murray Tells a Story about His Father's Early Life in the U.S.

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Keywords: 1930s; America; business; father; Great Depression; U.S.; United States; US; Yiddish language

53:03 - The Forms of Yiddish Culture Sophie and Murray Remember from New York City

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Keywords: 1930s; entertainment; Folksbiene theatre; Jewish restaurants; National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene; New York City; Second Avenue; Yiddish cinema; Yiddish culture; Yiddish films; Yiddish music; Yiddish radio; Yiddish revival; Yiddish theater; Yiddish theatre

55:42 - Murray's Father's Business in New York and His Travels in Europe

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Keywords: death; father; Latvia; loss; mother; sister

58:11 - Murray Talks about Coming Back to Yiddish

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Keywords: coming back to Yiddish; Yiddish language

60:16 - Sophie and Murray Reflect on the Value of Learning Yiddish

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Keywords: Yiddish language; Yiddish learning

62:20 - Sophie and Murray's Reflections on Their Long Life Together

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Keywords: advice; husband; marriage; relationships; wife