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I Cash Old Clothes!
EX180_677 Arthur Klein describes how his grandfathers made a good living off of window cleaning, apartment rentals and selling old clothes.
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What I Remember from the Great Depression
EX180_731 Arthur Klein remembers being a child during the Depression, and the effects it had on his family.
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The Jews and Italians
EX183_1251 Growing up in a blended family in Brooklyn, New York, his mother was Jewish and his father was Italian, Alan Kasal explains the similarities he intuited as a child between these two groups.
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Refugee Life in Palestine
EX224_1221 Arnold Friedmann - Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst - describes how his life changed when his family emigrated from Germany and settled in Palestine.
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Orthodox College Roommate
EX183_1255 Alan Kasal, retired special education teacher, shares a number of detailed stories about his four years living with an Orthodox roommate during his time at Northeastern University.
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Parents Created the Jewish Home They'd Wished They'd Had
EX219_2049 Debra Caplan, Ph.D. candidate at Harvard in Yiddish Studies, explains how her parents came to create the Jewish home they did based on their envy of other Jewish friends' homes when they'd...
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Writers and Performers
EX213_1236 Aron Gonshor recalls the countless authors and other prominent Yiddish figures who he saw perform while growing up in Montreal.
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Yiddish Community in Montreal
EX213_1236 Aron Gonshor describes the flourishing Jewish community of Montreal which he grew up in.
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A Brief History of the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theater
EX213_1238 Aron Gonshor recounts the history of The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theater, of which he has been a longtime member.
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Typical Day in Medem Sanatorium
EX211_1997 Chana Gonshor, born in 1919 in Warsaw, describes a typical day at the Medem Sanitorium, a Bund-run educational and clinical facility for children and youth at risk for tuberculosis.
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