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.
First Day in America: David Werdyger Remembers A Gift From the varshever (Warsaw) rebbe
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David Werdyger - Hasidic khazn (cantor) and solo singer - tells how on his first day in America after immigrating after World War II, the "varshever" (Warsaw) rebbe gave him $100.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with David Werdyger.
This excerpt is in English.
David Werdyger was born in Poland in 1919. David died in 2014.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
