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.

“Someone to Be Cherished”: The Family that Revolved Around Yiddish Writer Moshe Dluznowsky

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Henry Dunow, the son of Yiddish writer Moshe Dluznowsky, describes his family's relationship to his father as a writer and as a "relic of a world beginning to vanish."

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Henry Dunow.

This excerpt is in English.

Henry Dunow was born in 1952.

This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

“A Fairytale Quality”: Topics of Moshe Dluznowsky’s Writing

4 min 46 sec

Gatherings of Yiddish Intelligentsia in Moshe Dluznowsky’s New York Home

4 min 39 sec

“Being a Parent Of Course Reconnects You with Your Own Parents”: Yiddish Writer Moshe Dluznowsky as A Father

6 min 56 sec

“An Extraordinary Accomplishment”: Reflecting on My Father, Moshe Dluznowsky’s Writings

5 min

Bringing Back the Work of Yiddish Writer Moshe Dluznowsky

1 min 29 sec

“There Wasn't a Day of the Week Something Didn't Come in the Mail”: Moshe Dluznowsky's Scrapbooking

1 min 49 sec

A Yiddish Writer in Morocco then New York City: Moshe Dluznowsky

1 min 58 sec

A Yiddish Writer in Paris

2 min 13 sec

Yiddish Writer Moshe Dluznowsky’s Attitude toward America

5 min 11 sec

Yiddish Writer Moshe Dluznowsky's Eyebrows

2 min 20 sec

Both “Fiercely Proud” and “Distinctly Embarrassed”: To Have a Yiddish Writer as a Father

3 min 34 sec

Pecking Away at the Typewriter: Growing Up with Yiddish Writer Moshe Dluznowsky as My Father

1 min 51 sec

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