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 Jewish Community of Passaic, New Jersey

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Troim Katz Handler, daughter of Yiddish poet Menke Katz, describes the large and diverse Jewish community in her hometown of Passaic, New Jersey.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Troim Katz Handler.

This excerpt is in English.

Troim Katz Handler was born in Los Angeles, California in 1927.