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.
Wyman Brent Explains The Beginnings of the Vilnius Jewish Library
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Wyman Brent, initiator of the Vilnius Jewish Public Library, discusses the formation of the library, from the "light bulb moment" to his difficulty securing funding until a feature article in the Forverts attracted donors to his cause.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Wyman Brent.
This excerpt is in English.
Wyman Brent was born in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1962.
