Keywords: ancestors; ancestry; family background; family histories; family history; father; furriers; grandfather; Holocaust; Hungarian language; Hungary; immigrants; immigration and migration; khurbm; khurbn; mother; parents; Poland; Russia; scribe; Shoah; Ukraine; United States

Keywords: dancer; education; engineer; factory workers; family background; family histories; father; furrier; grandfather; grandparents; Great Depression; great-grandparents; law school; liquor lawyer; mother; New York City, New York; Ph.D.; professor; Second World War; teacher; Tennessee, United States; United States; World War 2; World War II; WW2; WWII

Keywords: Albany County, New York; Boght Corners, New York; books; childhood home; father; Jewish holidays; Judaism; mother; music; parents; Passover; Pesach; peysekh; religion; religious observance; United States; upstate New York

Keywords: Chabad; childhood; Conservative Judaism; conservative synagogue; Hebrew language; Hebrew school; Holocaust survivor; Howard Schwartz; interfaith community; interfaith organization; Jewish culture; Jewish fairy tales; Jewish folk tales; Jewish folklore; Jewish history; Jewish identity; Jewish stories; Jewish summer camp; Judaism; mother; religion; religious observance; storytelling; teachers; Torah

Keywords: Albany, New York; bas mitzvah; bas-mitsve; bat mitzvah; bath mitzvah; birthday; father; heritage; High Holidays; High Holy Days; interfaith family; Jewish holidays; Jewish identity; Judaism; mother; music; religion; religious observance; religious services; schul; shul; storytelling; sukes; Sukkos; Sukkot; Yiddish music; Yiddish songs; Yiddishkayt; Yiddishkeit; yidishkayt; yidishkeyt; Yom Kippur

Keywords: "Ava"; "Different Trains"; books; Carole Maso; education; family background; family history; Hebrew language; heritage; Holocaust literature; landsmanshaft (association of immigrants originally from the same region); language politics; music; Oberlin College; Steven Reich; Yiddish language; Yiddish newspapers; Yiddish speakers; Yiddish words

Keywords: Jewish community; Jewish culture; Jewish history; Judaism; KlezKamp; Orange Country, New York; religion; religious life; Vassar College; Yiddish culture; Yiddish Farm; Yiddish learning

Keywords: "Tumbalalaika" ("Play the balalaika"); British folk music; childhood; father; folk music; high school; music; performing arts; singer; singing; songwriting

Keywords: Boris Karloff; Dov-Ber Kerler; education; graduate school; Indiana University; Poughkeepsie Yiddish Club; Steiner Summer Yiddish Program; Vassar College; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning

Keywords: "In droysn iz fintster" ("It's dark outside"); graduate school; Indiana University; music; Ruth Rubin; singer; singing; The Archives of Traditional Music; Yiddish songs

Keywords: "Indecent"; education; graduate school; language learning; Naomi Seidman; Paula Vogel; Steiner Summer Yiddish Program; Wexler Oral History Project; Yiddish Book Center; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish learning; Yiddish summer programs; Yiddish translation

Keywords: Dr. Judah Cohen; education; graduate school; Indiana University; klezmer; master's degree; music history; musicology; singer; singing; songwriter; songwriting; Yiddish culture; Yiddish language; Yiddish music; Yiddish songs; Yiddish women singers

Keywords: cultural transmission; Daniel Kahn; education; Ethel Raim; Jeff Warschauer; Josh Waletzky; klezmer; mentors; Sasha Lurje; songwriting; Yiddish music; Yiddish New York; Yiddish scene

Keywords: Adrienne Cooper; death; memorial services; mourning; music; singer; singing; storytelling; Vassar College; Yiddish language; Yiddish songs

Keywords: Anna Shternshis; cultural transmissions; KlezKamp; music; performers; performing artists; performing arts; singer; singing; Yiddish culture; Yiddish scene; Yiddish songs

Keywords: Daniel Kahn; Josh Waletzky; musical arrangement; musicians; performing artists; performing arts; songwriter; songwriting; Yiddish music; Yiddish New York; Yiddish poems; Yiddish poetry

Keywords: advice; Yiddish community; Yiddish learning