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.

Performing My Molly Picon Show All Over the U.S. - Even in Montana

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Diane Cypkin, professor at Pace University and performer, describes her one-person concert/presentation on the life and career of the famous Yiddish performer Molly Picon. She explains why audiences respond so emotionally to the concert.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Diane Cypkin.

This excerpt is in English.

Diane Cypkin was born in Münich, Germany in 1948.