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.

Workmen's Circle Chorus and the Youth Hymn

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Sara Israel, former Yiddish Book Center fellow, describes the types of songs she sang as a member of the Boston Workmen's Circle Yiddish community chorus - and sings one of the songs.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Sara Israel.

This excerpt is in Yiddish and English.

Sara Israel was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1989.

This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

My Grandfather Sold a Dead Man a Suit with Two Pairs of Pants

1 min 2 sec

Gefilte Fish and Chicken Soup

1 min 26 sec

Rokhl Korn's Poem "A Briv"

1 min 22 sec

My Experience in the Yiddish Book Center's Steiner Summer Yiddish Program

1 min 32 sec

A Richer Knowledge of Being Jewish Through Yiddish

3 min 12 sec

Jewish Museums in Paris and Odessa

2 min 13 sec

Traveling in Eastern Europe

4 min 30 sec

Translation and the Importance of Accessing Yiddish Literature

2 min 10 sec

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