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.
Picking Out Live Chickens in Brooklyn
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Arthur Klein, z"l - Brooklyn-born Navy veteran, retired hairdresser and former Yiddish Book Center docent - describes the bounty of the outdoor market he went to as a child.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Arthur Klein.
This excerpt is in English.
Arthur Klein was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924. Arthur died in 2014.