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.
Description of Shows in the Catskills
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Shirley Schachter Katz, a child singer and performer for Yiddish vaudeville, describes the vaudeville shows in the Catskills.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Shirley (Shifra) Schachter Katz [Schachter].
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.