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.

Sitting Below in the Synagogue

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Alice Ahart remembers sitting downstairs with her father at the orthodox synagogue when she was young.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Alice Ahart.

This excerpt is in English.

Alice Ahart was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 1932. Alice died in 2021.