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 Shtibl (Small Prayer House) Smelled like the 19th Century
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Herman Rotenberg, co-owner of Unusual Wedding Rings and More, recalls the musty shtibl (small prayer house) of his youth on the Lower East Side. He vividly describes the bidding process that took place throughout the service and the smells of the old building and its community members.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Herman Rotenberg.
This excerpt is in English.
Herman Rotenberg was born in Munich, Germany in 1947.
