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.

Miryem-Khaye Seigel's Yiddishist Anthem

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Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel, actor, singer songwriter, and librarian, explains why she loves Yiddish and is a Yiddishist.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel.

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

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"New York New York": Explained and Sung in Yiddish

2 min 15 sec

The Broder Singers and Early Yiddish Theater

1 min 44 sec

Nahum Stutchkoff: More Than Just a Yiddish Linguist

3 min 5 sec

A Yiddish Actor's Yiddish Advice

2 min 50 sec

My Family Came to Connecticut Thanks to Baron de Hirsh

1 min 48 sec

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