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.

My Father's Store in Utica

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Arlene Cohen Stein, Writer, native of Utica, New York and retired music teacher, describes her childhood neighborhood in Utica, including her father's store. She shares stories about her father decorating the store window for holidays and an antisemitic incident with a customer.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Arlene Cohen Stein.

This excerpt is in English.

Arlene Cohen Stein was born in Utica, New York in 1935.