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.

Connection With YIVO

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Chana Mlotek, music archivist at YIVO, talks about her connection with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and her time working as Max Weinreich's assistant.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Chana Mlotek.

This excerpt is in English.

Chana Mlotek was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922. Chana died in 2013.

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

Other video highlights from this oral history

Nation Songs from Camp Boiberik's Felker Yontef

2 min 20 sec

Gilbert and Sullivan Purim

1 min 29 sec

Shabbes at Camp Boiberik

1 min 18 sec

Holiday Songs from Camp Boiberik

1 min 52 sec

Importance of Folklore

1 min 25 sec

Pesach Seder

2 min 4 sec

Questions From Readers

4 min 37 sec

An Original Rosh Hashanah Song in Yiddish

1 min 7 sec

Chana Mlotek Sings an Original Tu B'Shvat Song in Yiddish

1 min 13 sec

Children's Puppet Shows

1 min 44 sec

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