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My Introduction to Communism
EX539_3337 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, recalls an episode from her childhood years in Odessa during the tumultuous period of...
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"Huge Black Iron Gate": A Childhood Memory of Odessa
EX539_3338 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, describes the heavy, iron gates at her childhood home in Odessa. She recounts visiting...
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"You Have To Be Hungry To Appreciate Food": Chocolate Arrives to Odessa in a...
EX539_3339 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, recalls the food shortages of her childhood in Soviet Ukraine and how her early...
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My Inheritance From Sholem Aleichem
EX539_3348 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, recalls her grandfather as a source of love, laughter, and fun.More from this narrator:...
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"He Was Not Like Any Grandfather I Knew": Memories of Sholem Aleichem
EX539_3349 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, remembers going for walks in Switzerland with her cousin Tamara and their beloved...
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Sholem Aleichem: The Great Mimic
EX539_3350 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, discusses her grandfather's talent for mimicry and recalls how he often used this skill...
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Sholem Aleichem's Gift: How My Grandfather Elevated Yiddish To A World...
EX539_3351 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, speaks to her grandfather's passion for the Yiddish language and explains how his...
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The Writer At Work: Sholem Aleichem's Habits
EX539_3352 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, shares her memories of her grandfather at work and describes how he used to write while...
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Learning Empathy During the Russian Revolution
EX539_3353 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, describes being sent away to a camp for the "Children of the Proletariat" because they...
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To Me, He Was "Papa": My Grandfather, Sholem Aleichem
EX539_3355 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, recounts her grandfather's final illness and death. She reflects on his legacy, noting...
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The Jewish Mark Twain
EX539_3354 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, retells the mythical story of her grandfather meeting Mark Twain, although she concedes...
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Motl, The Cantor's Son: A Childhood (Imaginary) Friend
EX539_3356 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, describes her favorite of her grandfather's characters, Motl, the Cantor's Son and the...
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Bel Kaufman's First Memories of New York and English
EX539_3357 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, shares her first impressions of New York as a young child. She discusses the process of...
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"You Must Not Call Him Mr. Aleichem": Sholem Rabinovitz' Pen Name
EX539_3358 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, introduces her grandfather and explains his pen name.More from this narrator: Bel Kaufman
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Memories of the Russian Revolution
EX539_3713 Bel Kaufman, z"l, granddaughter of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem and author of award-winning novels, describes her childhood home in Odessa and recounts a gruesome shooting which occurred...
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