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.

Backwards March: A New Shabbes Tradition Created at KlezKanada

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Jenny Romaine - New York-based performer, director and puppeteer - describes the origins of a ritual she initiated: the backwards shabbes march at KlezKanada.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jenny Romaine.

This excerpt is in English.

Jenny Romaine was born in New York, New York in 1962.

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