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.

Phyllis Herda's Oral History

Phyllis Herda, health professional and Yiddish Book Center docent, was interviewed by Sara Israel on March 9, 2012 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Phyllis Herda was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1942.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Growing Up In Chelsea, MA, A Jewish Immigrant Community

1 min 7 sec

Involvement in the Jewish Women's Rights Movement

2 min 57 sec

Wanting To Fit In: Remembering My First Experience In A Non-Jewish Environment

2 min 50 sec

Part Of Me Feels Sad: How Jewish Identity Is Different Across Generations

3 min 8 sec

White Bread and Thanksgiving: My Parents Wanted Us To Be American

1 min 12 sec

It Was So Little, But At The Time It Was So Much: My Bat Mitzvah

2 min 22 sec

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