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0:00 - Introduction 0:36 - Shulamith's Family Background

Keywords: aunts; Canada; extended family; father; grandfather; grandmother; grandparents; Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society; HIAS; Holocaust; immigrants; immigration; Israel; Jewish Immigrant Aid Services; JIAS; Joseph Kligman; khurbm; khurbn; Mandatory Palestine; parents; Shoah; uncles; Volodarka, Ukraine; Volodika; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; World War 2; World War II; WW2; WWII; Yad Vashem; Yiddishists

2:33 - The Background of Shulamith's Father, Yiddishist Joseph Kligman

Keywords: Assumption College; bar mitsve; bar mitzvah; bar-mitsve; chedar; cheder; college; congregation; davening; davn; Detroit, Michigan; doven; father; Hebrew school; heder; Jewish observance; Jewish religion; Joseph Kligman; Judaism; kashres; kashrus; kashrut; kashruth; kheyder; kosher; parents; prayers; praying; schul; shtetel; shtetl; shul; small town; synagogue; teachers; temple; traditional religious school; university; University of Windsor; Wayne State University; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Yiddishists

4:30 - Shulamith's Mother's Side of the Family

Keywords: college; Detroit, Michigan; grandparents; high school; immigrants; immigration; mother; New York City, New York; parents; Russia; uncles; university

5:34 - Shulamith Talks about Her Father

Keywords: aunts; education; father; grandmother; grandparents; I.L. Peretz School; I.L. Peretz Shule; Jewish day schools; Joseph Kligman; London, Ontario, Canada; mother; parents; teachers; teaching; uncles; Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Y.L. Peretz School; Y.L. Peretz Shule; Yiddishists

8:48 - Shulamith Discusses Her Childhood

Keywords: anti-Semitism; antisemitism; apartment; cooking; English language; father; grandchildren; grandson; High Holidays; High Holy Days; home; I.L. Peretz School; I.L. Peretz Shule; Israel; Jewish community; Jewish holidays; Jewish identity; Jewish observance; Jewish religion; Joseph Kligman; Judaism; Labor Zionism; Labor Zionists; mother; neighborhood; parents; Rosh Hashanah; rosheshone; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Y.L. Peretz School; Y.L. Peretz Shule; Yiddish language; Yiddishists; yom tovim; yomim tobim; yomim tovim; yontef; yontev; yontoyvim

17:40 - Shulamith Remembers the I.L Peretz Shule of Windsor, Ontario

Keywords: "Shver tsu zayn a yid" ("It's hard to be a Jew"); anti-Semitism; antisemitism; Ashkenazi Jews; Ashkenazim; Chanukah; chedar; cheder; concentration camps; congregation; davening; davn; Detroit, Michigan; doven; Elmwood Casino; father; Hanukkah; Hebrew Bible; Hebrew language; Hebrew school; heder; High Holidays; High Holy Days; Holocaust; Holocaust survivors; husband; I.L. Peretz School; I.L. Peretz Shule; Jewish community; Jewish culture; Jewish history; Jewish holidays; Joseph Kligman; khanike; kheyder; khurbm; khurbn; mother; Old Testament; Orthodox Jews; Orthodox Judaism; parents; Passover; Pesach; peysekh; prayers; praying; Purim; Reform Jews; Reform Judaism; Rosh Chodesh; Rosh Hashanah; Rosh Hodesh; rosh khoydesh; rosh-khoydesh; rosheshone; schul; Shaar Hashomayim; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Shavuos; Shavuot; Shevuos; Shoah; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholom Rabino; shul; shvues; sukes; Sukkos; Sukkot; synagogue; talme toyre; talme-toyre; Talmud Torah; Tanakh; temple; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; traditional religious school; Wayne State University; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Y.L. Peretz School; Y.L. Peretz Shule; Yiddish authors; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish literature; Yiddish music; Yiddish songs; Yiddish writers; Yiddishists; Yiddishkayt; Yiddishkeit; yidishkayt; yidishkeyt; yom tovim; yomim tobim; yomim tovim; yontef; yontev; yontoyvim

28:56 - Yiddish in Shulamith's Childhood Home

Keywords: children; daughter; Detroit, Michigan; English language; father; French language; grandmother; grandparents; Hebrew language; Holocaust survivors; in laws; in-laws; Israel; Joseph Kligman; khurbm; khurbn; Lithuanian Yiddish; litvish; mother; parents; Russian language; Shoah; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; typewriters; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Yiddish authors; Yiddish dialects; Yiddish language; Yiddish writers; Yiddishists; Yinglish

34:05 - Shulamith's Awareness of the Holocaust as a Child

Keywords: "None Is Too Many"; "The Pawnbroker"; Anush Korchak; aunts; A︡nush Korchak; Bialik Hebrew Day School; concentration camps; father; Frederick Blair; Genrik Goldshmit; grandmother; grandparents; Hanokh Henrik Goldshmit; Henrik Goldshimt; Henriḳ Goldshmiṭ; Henryk Goldschmidt; Henryk Goldszmit; Holocaust; Holocaust survivors; husband; Ḥanokh Henriḳ Goldshmiṭ; Ioann Korchak; J. Korczak; Janusz Korczak; Joseph Kligman; khurbm; khurbn; mother; MS St. Louis; parents; refugees; Shoah; teachers; teaching; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; uncles; William Lyon Mackenzie King; World War 2; World War II; WW2; WWII; Yanush Kortsak; Yanush Ḳorts’aḳ; Yanush Ḳorṭshaḳ; Yiddishists

38:14 - Shulamith Talks about Her Father's Writing

Keywords: "Di goldene keyt"; Abraham Sutzkever; Amherst, Massachusetts; Avrom Sutskever; Avrom Sutzkever; children; daughter; father; Haggada; Haggadah; hagode; Israel; Jewish holidays; Joseph Kligman; mother; parents; Passover; Pesach; peysekh; Rachel Haring Korn; Rachel Häring Korn; Rokhl Korn; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; typewriters; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Yiddish authors; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish literature; Yiddish poets; Yiddish writers; Yiddishists; yom tovim; yomim tobim; yomim tovim; yontef; yontev; yontoyvim

41:36 - Yiddish in Shulamith's Adult Life

Keywords: "Shteyt in feld a beymele" ("A small tree stands in a field"); Bialik Hebrew Day School; children; English language; grandchildren; grandsons; husband; Israel; Jewish culture; Jewish day schools; Modi'in, Israel; Modiin; teachers; teaching; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish music; Yiddish songs; Yiddishkayt; Yiddishkeit; yidishkayt; yidishkeyt

47:47 - Shulamith Talks about Her Yiddish and Jewish Identities

Keywords: "I'm Lucky I'm an Orphan"; "Partizaner lid (Partisan song)"; Ashkenazi Jews; Ashkenazim; assimilation; Canadian identity; children; daughter; English language; father; Hebrew language; Holocaust; husband; immigrants; in laws; in-laws; Israel; Jewish culture; Jewish identity; Joseph Kligman; khurbm; khurbn; Orthodox Jews; Orthodox Judaism; parents; rabbi; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Shoah; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholom Rabino; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Windsor, Ontario, Canada; World War 2; World War II; WW2; WWII; Yiddish culture; Yiddish identity; Yiddish language; Yiddish revival; Yiddishists; Yiddishkayt; Yiddishkeit; yidishkayt; yidishkeyt

56:39 - More Memories of Shulamith's Father

Keywords: "Der keneder adler"; "Der tog morgn zhurnal"; "Forverts"; "The Canadian Eagle"; "The Forward"; "The Jewish Daily Eagle"; "The Jewish Daily Forward"; "The Yiddish Daily Forward"; "Unser Weg"; Amherst, Massachusetts; bar mitsve; bar mitzvah; bar-mitsve; Chanukah; children; English language; father; Hanukkah; Hebrew language; Hebrew songs; husband; Israeli newspapers; Jewish community; Jewish holidays; Jewish identity; Jewish observance; Jewish religion; Joseph Kligman; Judaism; khanike; mother; parents; philosophy; Shavuos; Shavuot; Shevuos; shtetel; shtetl; shvues; small town; son; translating; translation; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish language; Yiddish literature; Yiddish newspapers; Yiddish songs; Yiddishists; yom tovim; yomim tobim; yomim tovim; yontef; yontev; yontoyvim

62:59 - Concluding Thoughts

Keywords: Bialik Hebrew Day School; education; Jewish culture; Jewish day schools; Jewish education; Jewish history; Jewish identity; teachers; teaching; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Yiddish culture; Yiddishkayt; Yiddishkeit; yidishkayt; yidishkeyt

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