The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

An Original Rosh Hashanah Song in Yiddish

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Chana Mlotek, music archivist at YIVO (Yiddish Research Institute in New York City), sings Yiddish songs which she wrote for Rosh Hashanah while a teacher at a Workmen's Circle school.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Chana Mlotek.

This excerpt is in Yiddish and English.

Chana Mlotek was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922. Chana died in 2013.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

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Shabbes at Camp Boiberik

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Holiday Songs from Camp Boiberik

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Importance of Folklore

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Pesach Seder

2 min 4 sec

Connection With YIVO

2 min 38 sec

Questions From Readers

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Chana Mlotek Sings an Original Tu B'Shvat Song in Yiddish

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Children's Puppet Shows

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