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.
Blessing from the Elders: Meeting her Husband
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Elissa Samberg, Philadelphia native, tells the story of meeting her husband on a bad date with his best friend. As an emergency third wheel, her husband was given early approval by her great aunt and the couple was engaged within 5 months.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Elissa Samberg.
This excerpt is in English.
Elissa Samberg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1956.