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.

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel's Oral History

Amanda (Miryem-Khaye) Seigel - singer, songwriter, and librarian - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 13, 2014 at Yidish-Vokh in Reisterstown, Maryland.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

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Video highlights from this oral history

"New York New York": Explained and Sung in Yiddish

2 min 15 sec

The Broder Singers and Early Yiddish Theater

1 min 44 sec

Nahum Stutchkoff: More Than Just a Yiddish Linguist

3 min 5 sec

A Yiddish Actor's Yiddish Advice

2 min 50 sec

My Family Came to Connecticut Thanks to Baron de Hirsh

1 min 48 sec

Miryem-Khaye Seigel's Yiddishist Anthem

1 min 21 sec

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