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.

A Phone Call From Siberia: Connecting with Jewish Relatives in the Soviet Union

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Alvin Becker, a retired veterinarian, talks about reconnecting with long-lost family in Russia during the Soviet era.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Alvin Becker.

This excerpt is in English.

Alvin Becker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1931.

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"The 'Yiddish Hour' Is In The Air!"

1 min 9 sec

A Jewish Soccer Team vs. Nazi-sympathizers

1 min 19 sec

The Rabbi’s 'Heart Attack': A Secular Jew’s Synagogue Faux Pas

1 min 38 sec

Meeting Golda Meir in Milwaukee

2 min 7 sec

"I'll Be Jewish"

51 sec

“Little Lights”: A Yiddish Khanike (Hanukkah) Song

1 min 22 sec

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