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 Commemoration of Anne Frank sparked a Career in Yiddish Performance
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Jalda Rebling—Renewal Cantor and Yiddish performer—remembers how her mother, renowned Yiddish performer Lin Jaldati, challenged her to read from Anne Frank's diary in a performance, and how that began her lifelong career as a Yiddish performer.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jalda Rebling.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
