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.
Being Jewish Outside of NYC
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Artist and New York City native, Stan Edelson, describes what it was like being Jewish in the jobs he worked across the country. Often Edelson tried to 'pass' as not-Jewish in order to protect himself.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Stan Edelson.
This excerpt is in English.
Stan Edelson was born in Bronx, New York in 1929. Stan died in 2020.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
