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.
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Gloria Weiner Weiss, z"l, former Yiddish child actress on the radio and stage, was afraid of child labor laws while performing on the Yiddish stage and airways at a little girl. She tells a few stories of when her cover was almost blown.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Gloria Weiner Weiss.
This excerpt is in English.
Gloria Weiner Weiss was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1926. Gloria Weiner died in 2020.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
