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.
Getting Started on the Stage: Lea Koenig-Stolper Reflects
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Lea Koenig-Stolper—Hebrew and Yiddish actress and Israel Prize recipient—talks about the start of her acting career. She shares how she chose it and her first audition.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Lea Koenig-Stolper.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Lea Koenig-Stolper was born in Lodz, Poland in 1929.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
