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.

"You're Absorbing a Piece of the World That May Not Be in Everyone Else's Line of Sight": A Typical Day at Camp Hemshekh, A Socialist, Yiddishist Summer Camp

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Joanne Borts—Broadway singer and Yiddish activist—describes part of a typical day at Camp Hemshekh, the Yiddish summer camp of her youth, and explains the unique 'Color Wars' they played based on Yiddish personalities.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Joanne Borts.

This excerpt is in Yiddish and English.

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