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.
My Mother's Commitment to Yiddish, and Why She Put Me on the Yiddish Radio at 3 Years Old
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Gloria Weiner Weiss, z"l, former Yiddish child actress on the radio and stage, considers her mother's motivations for putting her on the Yiddish radio at 3 years old - to preserve the language and culture through her children.
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.
