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.

Beginnings of My Involvement with the Yiddish Book Center

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Penina Glazer remembers the challenging beginning of the Yiddish Book Center. Working with a tight budget, she recalls the "characters" along the way that helped aid the journey to what the book center is today. She remarks of the board, "We grew up together."

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Penina Migdal Glazer.

This excerpt is in English.

Penina Migdal Glazer was born in Roosevelt, New jersey in 1939.

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"Homecoming Trip" to Jewish Cooperative Community

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Meeting Judy Blume After Years Since High School

3 min 16 sec

Jewish History in Unexpected Places

2 min 18 sec

1950s, Roosevelt: NJ Jewish Cooperative Community

2 min 25 sec

Developing Jewish Identity: From Culture to Language

3 min 51 sec

My Zionist Grandfather's Story of Becoming Shoykhet

2 min 11 sec

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