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.

Thoughts on Leonard Bernstein

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Ruth Ravina – Holocaust survivor – talks about Leonard Bernstein, the director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra during her husband's tenure there.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ruth Ravina.

This excerpt is in English and Yiddish.

Other video highlights from this oral history

The Business District of Kozienice Before and During World War Two

5 min 24 sec

They Attacked My Grandfather on Erev Yom Kippur

3 min 34 sec

The School in the Kozienice Ghetto

1 min 54 sec

I Traded Math Answers for Help Understanding the Teacher

2 min 10 sec

When I First Heard My Husband, Oscar Ravina, Play Violin

1 min 28 sec

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