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.

Shmuel Isban, Yiddish Writer, As His Children Describe Him

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Ruth Zuckerbrod and Elliot Isban, children of Yiddish writer Shmuel Isban, talk about their father, Yiddish writer Shmuel Isban, and his writings.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ruth Zuckerbrod and Elliot Isban.

This excerpt is in English.