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.
Seattle's Yiddish Bus Shelter Murals
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Joan Rudd, sculptor and Yiddish activist, speaks about and shares some footage from her METRO bus shelter mural program, a project that, from 1994-2003, sought to infuse Jewish and Yiddish culture into the Seattle cityscape through murals featuring words and illustrations inspired by Yiddish folk songs.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Joan Rudd.
This excerpt is in English.
Joan Rudd was born in New York, New York in 1948.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
