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0:00 - Introduction 0:38 - Matthew's Family Background

Keywords: Connecticut; England, Great Britain; father; Germany; grandfather; grandparents; Indiana; Kansas; L.A.; LA; Los Angeles, California; mother; parents

2:08 - Matthew's Childhood

Keywords: Bible; Christian conservatism; Christian fundamentalism; Christian religion; Christianity; Christmas; conservative Christianity; Easter; elementary school; extended family; father; fundamentalist Christianity; Glendora, California; high school; junior high school; Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; middle school; mother; New Testament; parents; parochial schools; religious observance; siblings; sister

6:14 - Matthew's Family's Civil War History 7:09 - Matthew Talks More about His Childhood

Keywords: AT&T Inc.; brother in law; brother-in-law; East Los Angeles, California; family business; father; Glendora, California; high school; Idaho; mother; Nebraska; parents; Pasadena, California; siblings; sister

9:55 - Matthew's Religious Upbringing

Keywords: Christian conservatism; Christian fundamentalism; Christian religion; Christianity; Christmas; church; church community; college; communism; communists; conservative Christianity; conservative politics; conservative radio; Easter; elementary school; extended family; father; Focus on the Family; fundamentalist Christianity; high school; James Dobson; junior high school; KROQ-FM; Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; middle school; mother; parents; parochial schools; political conservativism; preschool; religious observance; socialism; socialists; Thanksgiving; university; volunteering; volunteers

17:03 - More about Matthew's Childhood and School Years

Keywords: Bible; Boy Scouts of America; Christian community; Christian religion; Christian values; Christianity; college; elementary school; English language; family business; father; French language; friends; Girl Scouts of the USA; Glendora, California; grandfather; grandmother; grandparents; high school; junior high school; Los Angeles, California; Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; middle school; Mormonism; Mormons; mother; neighborhood; parents; parochial schools; siblings; sister; Spanish language; university

26:28 - Matthew's Introduction to Judaic Studies in College

Keywords: Biblical Hebrew language; Chabad; Chasidic; Chasidim; Chasidism; Chasids; Chassidic; Chassidim; Chassidism; Chassids; college; college majors; comparative religion; Dead Sea Scrolls; fundamentalism; fundamentalists; Gordon Watley; Hasidic; Hasidic sects; Hasidim; Hasidism; Hasids; Hassidic; Hassidim; Hassidism; Hassids; Jewish culture; Jewish history; khabad; khasidizm; khosids; khsidish; khsidizm; Lincoln, Nebraska; Lubavitch; philosophy; polisci; political science; Qumran; religious studies; Satmar; siblings; Sidnie White Crawford; Simon Wood; sister; Stephen Burnett; thesis; university; University of Nebraska Lincoln; University of Nebraska–Lincoln

32:30 - Matthew's Family's Reaction to His Interest in Judaic Studies

Keywords: Bible; Biola University; Christian community; Christian religion; Christian Zionism; Christian Zionists; Christianity; father; Jewish history; Jewish religion; Judaism; La Mirada, California; mother; New Testament; parents; relativism; relativists; religious studies; theology

36:00 - Matthew's Interest in Judaism and Jewish History

Keywords: Christian community; Christian conservatism; Christian fundamentalism; Christian religion; Christianity; college; conservative Christianity; fundamentalist Christianity; graduate school; Jewish history; Jewish religion; Judaism; Lincoln, Nebraska; religions; religious studies; university; University of Nebraska Lincoln; University of Nebraska–Lincoln

39:24 - Matthew Continues His Studies at Graduate School

Keywords: Bloomington, Indiana; college; graduate school; Holocaust; Indiana University Bloomington; IU Bloomington; JDL; Jewish culture; Jewish Defense League; Jewish religion; Jewish Studies; Judaism; khurbm; khurbn; Lincoln, Nebraska; Meir Kahane; rabbi; Shoah; thesis; university; University of Nebraska Lincoln; University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Yiddish language

42:04 - Matthew's Introduction to Yiddish

Keywords: Amherst, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; Avi Lang; Biblical Hebrew language; Bloomington, Indiana; college; doctoral studies; Dov-Ber Kerler; Emory University; English language; Eric Goldstein; graduate school; Hebrew language; Indiana University Bloomington; Indiana University Language Workshop; Indiana University Summer Language Workshop; IU; IU Bloomington; Jewish history; Jewish Studies; masters degree; Miriam Udel; Ph.D.; PhD; Rebecca Margolis; religious studies; research; Rivke Margolis; thesis; university; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish language; Yiddish literature; Yiddish music

52:14 - Matthew Talks about the Steiner Summer Yiddish Program

Keywords: Amherst, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; Emory University; Miriam Udel; Rebecca Margolis; Rivke Margolis; Steiner Summer Yiddish Program; translation; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish language; Yiddish literature; Yiddish poetry

59:01 - Matthew's Work with the Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project

Keywords: Amherst, Massachusetts; English language; interviews; Los Angeles, California; oral histories; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddishkayt; Yiddishkeit; yidishkayt; yidishkeyt

64:59 - Matthew's Thoughts on the Future of Yiddish

Keywords: Boro Park; Borough Park; Brooklyn, New York City, New York; Chasidic; Chasidim; Chasidism; Chasids; Chassidic; Chassidim; Chassidism; Chassids; Hasidic; Hasidim; Hasidism; Hasids; Hassidic; Hassidim; Hassidism; Hassids; khasidizm; khosids; khsidish; khsidizm; students; Williamsburg; World War 2; World War II; WW2; WWII; Yiddish language; Yiddish literature

68:30 - Concluding Thoughts

Keywords: "Ale brider" ("All brothers"); Amherst, Massachusetts; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish language; Yiddish music; Yiddish songs; Yidstock All-Stars

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