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.

Archive of a Child Yiddish Star

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Henry Kellerman, psychotherapist and author, talks about the thousands of newspaper clippings and fan letters which his mother saved from his days as a child orator and discusses his plans to archive them.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Henry Kellerman.

This excerpt is in English.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

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