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.

Hope for the Future of Yiddish Theater

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Bryna Wasserman, executive director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and daughter of Yiddish actress Dora Wasserman, reflects on the challenges of Yiddish theater and the way forward.

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

This excerpt is in English.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Dora Wasserman and the Moscow Yiddish Theater

2 min 6 sec

"We Were Never Sure Who Was a Relative and Who Wasn't": Immigrant Life in Montreal

3 min 36 sec

Being Dora's Daughter: Bryna Wasserman Reflects

3 min 2 sec

Dora Wasserman's Last Years and Passing the Reigns

1 min 59 sec

"This is the Life!"—Yiddish Theater in New York

3 min 57 sec

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