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 Picture of Mary: A Jewish Child in Bucharest Kindergartens

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Anabella, Yiddish actress, recalls her brief experience in a Christian kindergarten and the transition to a Hebrew kindergarten in Bucharest.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Anabella.

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

Anabella was born in Czernowitz. Anabella died in 2019.

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

Other video highlights from this oral history

Growing up Among Sholem Aleichem-esque Characters in Bucharest

1 min 6 sec

Accidental Yiddish in the Streets: Memories of Growing Up Jewish in Bucharest

1 min 9 sec

Anabella Recites an Excerpt of the Beys-oylem (Cemetery) Scene from The Dybbuk from Memory

2 min 13 sec

A New Generation of Yiddish Theater in Israel

3 min 33 sec

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