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.
"We Realized How Important Yiddish Was": Fundraising for the IWO Shules
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Henry Kellerman, psychotherapist and author, recalls his fundraising efforts for the International Workers' Order (IWO) shules (schools) and a particularly rousing speech that he delivered to a room full of uninterested, centrist Jews to convince them to donate money.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Henry Kellerman.
This excerpt is in English and Yiddish.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.