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.

Gaining Inspiration From Newfound Relatives

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Laurie Liberty, title searcher and great-niece of Yiddish writer Shea Tannenbaum, talks about how her finding of relatives has inspired her even more so to do the work she does.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Laurie Liberty.

This excerpt is in English.

Laurie Liberty was born in Rockville Center in 1959.