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.

"She Was a Combination of Golda Meir and Molly Picon": Monty Hall's Memories of His Mother

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Monty Hall, z"l, media personality, philanthropist and original host of Let's Make a Deal, shares some fond memories of his mother, Rose Halparin, a dynamic schoolteacher, jack-of-all-trades in the Yiddish theater and president of Hadassah, described by Monty as "a combination of Golda Meir and Molly Picon."

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Monty Hall.

This excerpt is in English.

Monty Hall was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1921. Monty died in 2017.