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0:00 - Introduction
0:34 - Henry's Family Background in Yaruha, a Shtetl in Ukraine
4:41 - Henry Shares Some Family Stories
8:06 - Henry Describes His Father's Encounter During a Pogrom
9:31 - Henry's Parents' Experience Returning to Their Old Shtetl in the Soviet Union
13:25 - Henry Describes the House and Neighborhood in Which He Grew Up
17:05 - Henry on His Family's Atheism and His Yiddish Cultural Engagement
20:45 - The Beginning of Henry's Recitation Career
25:30 - A Story from Henry's Experiences Reciting Poetry
30:47 - Henry Explains the Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
32:41 - Henry Reflects on Belonging to Two Different Worlds in Jewish Life
34:26 - Henry Recites and Explains a Poem of Jewish Resistance
35:55 - Henry Recites More Poetry
38:40 - The Emotional Effect of Henry's Recitations on His Audiences
39:45 - Henry Recites a Poem by Sarah Fell-Yelin in Yiddish
40:47 - Henry Describes His Connection to the Poetry He Recited
41:43 - Reciting for the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial at Madison Square Garden
43:56 - Henry's Experience at Camp Kinderland
46:55 - Henry's Process for Preparing for a Recitation
49:46 - Henry Describes the Yiddish Theater Scene on Second Avenue
52:53 - Henry Recalls Meeting Ida Kaminska and Other Figures in Yiddish Theater
55:00 - Henry's "Split Life" and His Relationship with the Yiddish World
57:14 - Henry Reflects on the Americanization of Immigrant Families Over Generations
61:29 - Henry's Archive of Newspaper Clippings, Letters, and Reviews About Himself
66:40 - The Connection Between Henry's Jewish Identity and His Values
70:30 - The Role of Yiddish in Henry's Life Today
72:40 - Henry's Thoughts on Yiddish and Jews Within American Culture
78:23 - Henry's Closing Thoughts and Advice for Future Generations