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.
“She Would Come With Her Umbrella”: My Grandmother, Olga Rabinovitz’ Fierce Commitment to Sholem Aleichem’s Legacy
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Mitchell Waife, grandson of Yiddish author and playwright Sholem Aleichem, shares his memories of his grandmother, Olga Rabinovitz, Sholem Aleichem's widow, and her efforts to assume control over his legacy and estate.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Mitchell Waife.
This excerpt is in English.
Mitchell Waife was born in 1923. Mitchell died in 2015.
This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.
