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.

Anita Barlow's Oral History

Anita Barlow, retired teacher and school librarian, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on October 10, 2013 in Edmond, Oklahoma.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Anita Barlow was born in Kazakhstan in 1943.

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Video highlights from this oral history

When We Arrived in Oklahoma, My Secular Father Ran Straight to the Synagogue - Jewish Refugees First Impressions of Oklahoma

2 min 12 sec

My Teacher and Classmates Helped Me Learn English

1 min 50 sec

My Father Read Classic Literature in Yiddish Translation—and Years Later Discussed It with his Aynikl (Grandson)

1 min 49 sec

"What? There are Jews in Oklahoma?": Being Part of A Small, Close-Knit Jewish Community

3 min 10 sec

A Mother-Son Yiddish Translation Project

1 min 23 sec

My Father Would Sing a Song Called "Yome Yome"

1 min 35 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Family Portrait - Young Anita and Family

Portrait of Anita's Grandmother

Photo of Anita at Temple B'nai Israel Temple Family Reunion 2009

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