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.

Mitchell Waife's Oral History

Mitchell Waife, grandson of Yiddish author and playwright Sholem Aleichem, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 14, 2013 in Lantana, Florida.

This interview was conducted in English.

Mitchell Waife was born in 1923. Mitchell died in 2015.

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Video highlights from this oral history

“She Would Come With Her Umbrella”: My Grandmother, Olga Rabinovitz’ Fierce Commitment to Sholem Aleichem’s Legacy

2 min 59 sec

For The People: Sholem Aleichem Comes to America

2 min 11 sec

The Famous Sholem Aleichem

1 min 29 sec

Sholem Aleichem's Romance With His Future Wife

1 min 47 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Mitchell Waife Picture- Waife as an executive

Mitchell Waife Picture- Letter on the back of Photograph

Mitchell Waife Portrait- Mother's Cousins

Mitchell Waife Picture- Back of Great Cousin's Portrait

Mitchell Waife Photo- Back fo childhood pciture

Mitchell Waife Photo- Picture as a Child During Winter

Mitchell Waife Photo- Parents

Mitchell Waife Photo- Sholem Aleichem's wedding portrait

Mitchell Waife Photo- Sholem Aleichem and family

Mitchell Waife Photo- Waife and Brother

Mitchell Waife Photo- Waife family Generations

Mitchell Waife Photograph- Waife and Sholem Aleichem picture

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