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.
Gefilte Fish and the Fishmonger: Memories from My Childhood
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Estelle Palevsky, educator and Yiddish theater enthusiast, describes how her mother would go to the fishmonger to to buy fish for her gefilte fish recipe, and her Friday night ritual.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Estelle Palevsky.
This excerpt is in English.
Estelle Palevsky was born in Bronx, NY in 1928.
