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.
Eleanor Reissa’s Learnings from the Holocaust
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Eleanor Reissa, singer, actress, and director in both Yiddish and English, describes how her learnings of the Holocaust has put the pandemic into context and how the spirit of survivors leaves her with hope.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Eleanor Reissa.
This excerpt is in English.
Eleanor Reissa was born in Brooklyn, New York.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
