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.

Amy Leos-Urbel's Oral History

Amy Leos-Urbel, former Director of Educational Programs at the Yiddish Book Center, was interviewed by Irene Starr on October 4, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Amy Leos-Urbel was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1949.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Separating Jewish Culture from Victimization

2 min 47 sec

What Makes a Living Language

2 min 39 sec

Moving to Integrated Housing in Philadelphia

3 min 45 sec

The Impact of Fiddler on the Roof

2 min 4 sec

Reflecting on Languages

3 min 3 sec

An Evolving Relationship with Yiddish

3 min 27 sec

More information about this oral history

This narrator's full interview is not available.

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