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# This Yiddish Life
- URL: https://www.jewsrock.org/this-yiddish-life/
- Published: 2005-04-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-20T22:08:55.000Z
- Author: JewsRock
- Tags: Blog

Tune in to [This American Life](http://www.thisamericanlife.org/?ref=jewsrock.org) this upcoming weekend for Jewsrock.org founder David Segal’s story about a Hasidic Brooklynite who traded in his fur hat for a trucker hat. Curly Oxide of the band Vic Thrill was born Chaim of Williamsburg. When a local hipster invited him to join his band, Chaim made the jump from Williamsburg's Orthodox community to the artists' community just next door.