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.

Dorothy Goldstone's Oral History

Dorothy Goldstone, a writer and Yiddish Book Center volunteer, was interviewed by Bina Addes on October 10, 2012 in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Dorothy Goldstone was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1948.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Bathtubs and A Love Child: A Colorful Jewish Family History

2 min 25 sec

"The Dream of Assimilation:" Shrimp for Kol Nidre, Pizza for Yom Kippur

2 min 37 sec

A Confusing Experience of Being Jewish within the Assimilationist Atmosphere of the 1950s in the U.S.

3 min 47 sec

Hearing Yiddish is "Like Somebody's Wrapping Me in a Blanket and Hugging Me"

2 min 1 sec

Thanks to Prof. Yerushalmi, Excitement Over Jewish History

2 min 39 sec

Learning About the Holocaust at Age 14

3 min 13 sec

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