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.
What People Should Learn From Yiddish Plays
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Ellen Perecman, founder and producing artistic director of the New Worlds Theatre Project, explains what she wants people to learn from the plays that her company puts on, and the respect for Yiddish that she hopes to inspire.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ellen Perecman.
This excerpt is in English.
Ellen Perecman was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1953.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
