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.

Sholem Aleichem's Yortsayt

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Sherwin Kaufman, grandson of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, describes his grandfather's annual memorial service and shares his hope that his children and grandchildren will continue the tradition.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Sherwin Kaufman.

This excerpt is in English.

Sherwin Kaufman was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1920. Sherwin died in 2019.