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.
Brookside Hotel Musical Group & Learning Music with Abe Schwartz
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Shirley Schachter Katz, a child singer and performer for Yiddish vaudeville, describes the Yiddish musicians and performers at the Brookside Hotel and reminisces about learning music with Abe Schwartz.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Shirley (Shifra) Schachter Katz [Schachter].
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
