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.

Childhood Memories of - and Adult Reflections on - the United Synagogue in London

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Rachel Weston, London-based singer with a particular interest in Yiddish song, grew up in the United Synagogue in the United Kingdom. She shares her memories of the sights, smells, and sounds, as well as her feelings on the gender segregation as an adult.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Rachel Weston.

This excerpt is in English.