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.
Henrique Morelenbaum Remembers His Beloved Yiddish Lerer (Teacher), Pesakh Tabak
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Henrique Morelenbaum, musician, conductor, composer, and music professor, describes his favorite Yiddish teacher, Pesakh Tabak. He remembers, too, the influence of this Yiddish education: introducing him to his future wife and giving him the foundation to do his work in orchestras and choirs.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Henrique (Saul Hersh) Morelenbaum.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Henrique (Saul Hersh) Morelenbaum was born in Lagow, Poland in 1931. Henrique (Saul Hersh) died in 2022.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
