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How Paul Robeson Learned Yiddish And Battled Fascism

JL;DR SUMMARY Paul Robeson, the acclaimed African-American singer and political activist, is noted for his profound engagement with Yiddish culture and his impactful role in battling fascism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yiddish LiteratureJewish MusicHolocaustYiddishSoviet UnionCommunismJewish Anti Fascist CommitteeUssrPaul RobesonItzik Feffer

Places mentioned

Moscow, Russian Federation
"singing the Holocaust-era Partisan Song Zog Nit Keynmol at a prominent Moscow concert that was broadcast live on the radio throughout the USSR"
Karelia, Russian Federation
"Robeson was told that Feffer was on vacation in Crimea but in truth, the poet had been arrested by the Soviet Secret Police two years earlier"
Poland
"learning the language in London, as well as on several trips to Poland and the Soviet Union before World War II"
London, United Kingdom
"began studying Yiddish informally while at Columbia and continued learning the language in London, as well as on several trips to Poland and the Soviet Union before World War II"
Rutgers, New Jersey, United States
"a renowned athlete who played football at Rutgers, he was one of the first African-Americans to break the color barrier at an American university"

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