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 Jewish Mother Making Gefilte Fish in Singapore

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Arleene Kane, former pianist and daughter of amateur Yiddish actor Sol Migdal, tells the story of her mother visiting Arleene and her family for Passover when they were living in Singapore, and going to the fish market to make gefilte fish.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Arleene Migdal Kane.

This excerpt is in English.