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.

Directing for CBS News: Witnessing History

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Nora Gerard describes the work environment in the news industry and feeling that she had a "front seat" to history.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Nora Gerard.

This excerpt is in English.

Nora Gerard was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1952.

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"You Wouldn't Understand; It Doesn't Translate."

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"I Hated Camp."

1 min 9 sec

The 1950s: Leaving Brooklyn for the Suburbs

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"Music Touches People's Souls."

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