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.

Rehearsal at the Jewish National Theater

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Shirley Schachter Katz, a child singer and performer for Yiddish vaudeville, describes rehearsals at the National Theater on Second Avenue, including Hymie Jacobson's comedy act and her impressions of Molly Picon and her husband.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Shirley (Shifra) Schachter Katz [Schachter].

This excerpt is in English.