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.
Memories from Shemini Atzereth and Simchas Torah
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Yale Strom, musical performer, artist, and ethnographic collector of Yiddish music, shares his memories of Shemini Atzereth and Simchas Torah - from mischief in the shul, to peanuts and beer.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Yale (Yitskhok) Strom.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.