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.

Dora Wasserman's Last Years and Passing the Reigns

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Bryna Wasserman, executive director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and daughter of Yiddish actress Dora Wasserman, reflects on the end of her mother's career and her lasting impact on the city of Montreal.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Bryna Wasserman.

This excerpt is in English.