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.
“The Whole House Was Him”: Growing Up in the Shadow of Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon
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David Simon and Miriam Forman, son and daughter of Yiddish author and Jewish educator Solomon Simon, describe how their father's overbearing personality brought liveliness and excitement into their home even while their mother struggled with depression.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Miriam Forman and David Simon.
This excerpt is in English.
Miriam Forman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1936. Miriam died in 2019.
David Simon was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924.
This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.
