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.

When We Arrived in Oklahoma, My Secular Father Ran Straight to the Synagogue - Jewish Refugees First Impressions of Oklahoma

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Anita Barlow, retired teacher and school librarian, explain her and her father's reactions to Oklahoma.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Anita Barlow.

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

Anita Barlow was born in Kazakhstan in 1943.

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My Father Read Classic Literature in Yiddish Translation—and Years Later Discussed It with his Aynikl (Grandson)

1 min 49 sec

"What? There are Jews in Oklahoma?": Being Part of A Small, Close-Knit Jewish Community

3 min 10 sec

A Mother-Son Yiddish Translation Project

1 min 23 sec

My Father Would Sing a Song Called "Yome Yome"

1 min 35 sec

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