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.

The Hasidic Family in Texas

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Efim Chorny relates his experience in Austin, Texas when he could not find his hotel and the help he received from a Hasidic family who he communicated with in Yiddish.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Efim Chorny.

This excerpt is in English.

Efim Chorny was born in Kishinev, Russia.

This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

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