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.
A Jewish Refugee's Journey From Tashkent to New York City
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Arje Shaw, z"l, playwright, remembers his journey from Tashkent to a displaced persons camp in Germany to eventually building a new life in the Lower East Side.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Arje Shaw.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.