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.

Jackie Hoffman on the Influence of Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof and the Place of Yiddish in the World Today

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Jackie Hoffman reflects on what Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof has meant to her as an actor, and its role in Yiddish revival.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jackie Hoffman.

This excerpt is in English.

Jackie Hoffman was born in Queens in 1960.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

A Cherished Memory: Jackie Hoffman's Childhood Visits to Grossinger's Hotel in the Catskills

1 min 54 sec

Jackie Hoffman Remembers Yeshiva

2 min 24 sec

Performing Yente in Yiddish: Jackie Hoffman on Learning Lines for and Performing in the Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof

1 min 36 sec

The Full Range of Jewish Experience: Jackie Hoffman on the Religiosity of Her Family

2 min 32 sec

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