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.
Bumble Bees and Childhood Memories
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Debra Weiss Yashinsky, special educator and daughter of Detroit-born Jewish actors, remembers the time that her grandmother took her for a haircut and she only wanted the bow with a bumble bee on it. It showed that her grandmother honored when she spoke up and asked for what she wanted.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Debra Weiss Yashinsky.
This excerpt is in English.
Debra Weiss Yashinsky was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1954.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
