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Los Angeles: Persians record "Our Legacy"
Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog —
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Theres another revolution in the Iranian Jewish community in Los Angeles - and hopefully in other pockets of the same diaspora. Ive been connected with this community for many decades, both in Teheran and Los Angeles. Normally, people do not focus on life in the old days, particularly if there were difficult times. ...15 hours ago -
Verdun Memories
Exploring Southwest Montreal —
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There is a wonderful website showcasing the oral history of Verdun. This website is best described by it’s creator, Nicole Périat.Few things affect us more than the human voice. Voices speak for themselves. They don’t need interpretation. They teach us how to listen. They teach us how to love.In the winter of ...6 days ago -
Oregon: Jewish Museum reopens
Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog —
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The Oregon Jewish Museum has moved to a new home in the northwest part of Portland. Its resources include art exhibits and much more, including the Jewish historical societys archives and library (open by appointment to researchers). Back in the 1950s, the citys Old South Waterfront was a vibrant Jewish and ...1 week ago -
Sephardim: Oral history project launched
Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog —
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Five thousand oral histories of Sephardic Jews are sought by the end of 2015 in an ambitious project to give voice to this community, regardless of whether they immigrated or were born here. "Sephardic America Voices: A Jewish Oral History Project,” is sponsored by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) in New ...1 week ago -
Recommend a Video-Editing Work Flow
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I am looking for recommendations about to video-editing work flow for an oral history project I am involved. Pointers to other sites to ask this question are also welcome. What is the best way to capture hours of video recordings, add some basic beginning and end titles, and perhaps so music. Capturing the tapes to a ...1 week ago -
Holiday nano-practice for writers
Write Livelihood —
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Photo courtesy SXC. It’s a week before Christmas. We’re in the middle of Hanukkah. Yule, Kwanzaa and New Year’s Eve are just around the corner. If you’ve got a writing project (or projects) you’re trying to keep on track, it’s very easy to get distracted by holiday festivities and end up both ...1 week ago -
Souls of Cooks
Gherkins & Tomatoes —
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Slipping like honey off a silver spoon, all the words build up to an earth-shaking, and revolutionary, crescendo. For the first time in history, cooks’ words crisscross the globe, through thin wires and invisible waves of energy, thanks to the Internet. Never before have the words of so many cooks reached so ...1 week ago -
Tex-Mex: Jewish food traditions
Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog —
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If one really wants to learn about how Jewish customs are manifested in a still-secret community, take a look at food traditions in southern Texas and northern Mexico. In this article from the Harlingen News in Texas, read about how these customs - in food, oral traditions, culture and secret religious customs - ...1 week ago -
On the Road with Bob
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies —
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Interpreting Future Use Clauses: Law and Ethics
OUPblog —
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John A. Neuenschwander is professor emeritus of history at Carthage College and a municipal judge for the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin. He lectures nationwide on the legal aspects of oral history. His new book, A Guide to Oral History and the Law , explains all the critical legal issues, including legal release ...3 weeks ago -
Student, faculty researchers capturing history of Tibetans in exile
Thaindian News —
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Fayetteville (Arkansas, US), Dec. 5 (ANI): Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan monk who teaches at the University of Arkansas, Sidney Burris and 15 students from the university, are working on a text project titled “Tibetans in Exile Today,” an oral-history program designed to record the stories of Tibetans currently ...3 weeks ago -
Student, faculty researchers capturing history of Tibetans in exile
Thaindian News —
Authority: 739
Fayetteville (Arkansas, US), Dec. 5 (ANI): Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan monk who teaches at the University of Arkansas, Sidney Burris and 15 students from the university, are working on a text project titled “Tibetans in Exile Today,” an oral-history program designed to record the stories of Tibetans currently ...3 weeks ago -
First Southern Woman Elected to Senate Dies
American Conservative Daily —
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Paula Hawkins, the feisty, self-described "housewife from Maitland" who in 1980 became the first woman elected to a full Senate term without a family political connection, died Friday. She was 82. Hawkins had been in poor health recently, having suffered a stroke and a fall, said U.S. Rep. John Mica, a close friend. ...3 weeks ago -
Connecticut: Recording oral histories and more
Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog —
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The Jewish Ledger of Connecticut covered oral history interviews in conjunction with National Day of Listening (November 27), while focusing on Estelle Kafer, executive director of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford. The article covers Kafers suggestions and the societys goal in the collection and ...3 weeks ago -
Saratoga: World War Two Vets Recount Their Stories
New York History —
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The public is invited to a panel discussion this Sunday, December 6th, at 2:00 pm at the Saratoga Library (13650 Saratoga Avenue in Saratoga Springs). Saratoga Historical Foundation Historian Ray Cosyn will moderate as veterans from World War II recount their memories.Participating in the panel will be George Cooper ...3 weeks ago -
Recording Memories of Christmases Past
Genealogy Insider —
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It’s easy to get so busy tracing your ancestors’lives that you forget to leave traces of your own life. Which is why I think the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories is so neat. It’s aseries of daily blogging prompts for Dec. 1 to 24 that GeneaBloggers author ThomasMacEntee set up to encourage participants to ...3 weeks ago -
‘How We Used to Live’: bringing Transition and oral history together
Transition Culture —
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We had a great event last week in Totnes, called ‘How We Used to Live’, which explored the most recent period in history when the town had a more localised economy and less energy than it does today. It was built on the oral history work that I have been doing, which will feature in [...]4 weeks ago -
Forever Chamorro – Remembering Who I Am
Tasithoughts's Weblog —
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There is something about cultural identity that is so powerful. I am from the island of Guam . I was born there and grew up there most of my life. I am a descendant of the native people called Chamorros . There is no pure native left, as the result of colonialism and the intermixing with the conquering ...4 weeks ago -
November 27 - National Day of Listening
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One of the best things about being truly thankful -- as I hope many of us were yesterday on Thanksgiving -- is that it enables us to come from a place of abundance vs. scarcity. When we are thankful and grateful, our cup runneth over and life feels more hopeful and full of possibility. Running on full vs. running on ...4 weeks ago -
Project promotes talking, not shopping, on Friday
Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com —
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A national oral history project is trying to start a new tradition for Black Friday.4 weeks ago
