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.

A New Generation of Yiddish Theater in Israel

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Anabella, Yiddish actress, explains how fifty years ago, it was said that Israeli Yiddish theater was only full of older actors. Anabella now sees new generations of young Israelis entering the Yiddish theater scene all the time.

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.

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1 min 6 sec

The Picture of Mary: A Jewish Child in Bucharest Kindergartens

1 min 50 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

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