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0:00 - Introduction 0:40 - Sandra Introduces Her Great-Grandfather, Yiddish Writer Sholem Aleichem

Keywords: "Fiddler on the Roof"; 1800s; ancestors; descendants of Yiddish personalities; Eastern Europe; family background; family histories; great-grandfather; Russia; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz; Yiddish writers

4:19 - Sandra Relates How Her Family Came to the United States

Keywords: 1900s; ancestors; Bel Kaufman; descendants of Yiddish personalities; family background; family histories; grandparents; great-grandfather; immigration and migration; New York City, New York; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz; United States; wedding; Yiddish theater; Yiddish theatre

6:17 - Sandra Describes Sholem Aleichem's Appearance

Keywords: ancestors; appearance; pocket watch; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz

6:55 - Reading Sholem Aleichem's Stories Every Year at His Yortsayt (Anniversary of Death)

Keywords: cultural transmission; family histories; family traditions; grandmother; jahrzeit; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz; yahrzeit; Yiddish language; Yiddish speakers; yortsayt (anniversary of death)

9:20 - Sandra Describes Sholem Aleichem's Writing and Its Resonance Today

Keywords: descendants of Yiddish personalities; family; great-grandfather; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz; Yiddish literature; Yiddish writers

11:22 - Biographical Information About Members of Sholem Aleichem's Family

Keywords: "My Father, Sholom Aleichem" by Marie Waife-Goldberg; ancestors; artist; Carnegie Hall; dentist; family background; family histories; grandmother; great-grandmother; Kiev, Ukraine; Kyiv; Lausanne, Switzerland; New York City, New York; Robert Henri; Russia; the Ash Can School; the Ashcan School; visual arts; Yiddish speakers

14:44 - Aspects of Jewish Culture and Language in Sandra's Childhood Home

Keywords: art; childhood; family traditions; grandparents; Hebrew language; Israel; Jewish culture; Jewish holidays; kibbutz; music; painting; Passover; Pesach; peysekh; Russian language; synagogues; the Bronx, New York; theater; theatre; travel; White Plains, New York; Yiddish language

19:34 - Sandra's Experiences with Seeing "Fiddler on the Roof" Performed

Keywords: "Fiddler on the Roof"; Broadway theater; Broadway theatre; descendants of Yiddish personalities; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz; theater; theatre; Yiddish writers

21:55 - Sandra Discusses the Sholem Aleichem House in Tel Aviv and Family Heirlooms

Keywords: Beit Sholem Aleichem; Beth Sholem Aleichem; family heirlooms; family histories; samovar; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleichem House; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz; Tel Aviv, Israel; Tel Aviv-Yafo

24:08 - Sandra Reflects on Her Connection to Sholem Aleichem's Legacy

Keywords: cultural transmission; descendants of Yiddish personalities; family values; Jewish values; legacy; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleichem (Shalom Rabinovitz); Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz

26:47 - Sandra Shares Stories about Her Grandfather, Benjamin Waife

Keywords: B.Z. Goldberg; Benjamin Waife; brother; Columbia University; family background; family histories; family stories; grandfather; grandmother; grandparents; Hebrew language; journalism; journalists; New York City, New York; newspapers; poets; Russia; Shelter Island; travel; Yiddish speakers

31:39 - Sandra Remembers Bel Kaufman and Shares Some Family Photographs

Keywords: "Love, Etc."; "Up the Down Staircase"; Arbeiter Ring; author; Bel Kaufman; books; descendants of Yiddish personalities; family histories; family photographs; family portraits; Shalom Aleichem; Shalom Rabinovitz; Sholem Aleichem; Sholem Aleykhem; Sholem Rabinovich; Sholem Rabinovitch; Sholem Rabinovitsh; Sholem Rabinovitz; Solomon Rabinowitz; Workers Circle (Arbeter Ring); Workmen's Circle; writer

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