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.

"Mama, Stop Your Worrying": A Yiddish Song

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Shirley Schachter Katz, a child singer and performer for Yiddish vaudeville, sings a song in Yiddish about a mother looking toward a hopeful future without war.

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.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Learning Music as a Child

2 min 3 sec

A Typical Day at the Bungalow Colonies in the Catskills

2 min 46 sec

Brookside Hotel Musical Group & Learning Music with Abe Schwartz

4 min 18 sec

Rehearsal at the Jewish National Theater

3 min 11 sec

Hymie and Irving Jacobson

2 min 40 sec

Going for Egg Cream During Show to Evade Gerry Society

2 min 51 sec

WEVD and Sholom Secunda

4 min 20 sec

Description of Shows in the Catskills

1 min 41 sec

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