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.

Making Challah at Kibbutz Ulpan

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Adrienne Mayer, Jewish woman who grew up in South Africa and moved to Israel before settling in Framingham, MA, describes baking challah on Thursday nights at Kibbutz Ulpan for neighboring towns and getting pizza at midnight.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Adrienne Mayer.

This excerpt is in English.

Adrienne Mayer was born in Cape Town, South Africa.

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