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.
Saturday Night Bagels: My Family's Shabbos Routine
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Sara Klompus, singer and Yiddish enthusiast, fondly remembers her family's trip to the bakery for bagels every Saturday night after services when she was a little girl. She describes her trips into the back of the bakery to watch the bagels being made, then munching on fresh, steamy bagels in the car on the way home.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Sara Klompus.
This excerpt is in English.
Sara Klompus was born in Washington, D.C. in 1949.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.