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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.

It Was Basically A Party For My Parents: Norman Lear Remembers His Bar Mitzvah

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Norman Lear, television writer and producer, recalls his bar mitzvah, which was more a party for his parents than him.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Norman Lear.

This excerpt is in English.