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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.

Miriam Forman and David Simon's Oral History

David Simon & Miriam Forman, son and daughter of Yiddish author and Jewish educator Solomon Simon, were interviewed by Christa Whitney on October 29, 2013 in New York City.

This interview was conducted in English.

Miriam Forman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1936. Miriam died in 2019.

David Simon was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1924.

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Video highlights from this oral history

“The Whole House Was Him”: Growing Up in the Shadow of Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon

2 min 4 sec

A Captive Audience: Private Readings With Solomon Simon

1 min 16 sec

Solomon Simon, An “Eydl Mentsh”

2 min 27 sec

Bilingual Conversations With Our Father, Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon

1 min 39 sec

Peysekh (Passover) Seders at the Home of Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon

3 min 47 sec

Our Father Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon Never Received the Recognition He Craved

2 min 24 sec

Our Father Solomon Simon’s Search for a Secular Kehile (Jewish Community) through Yiddish

1 min 54 sec

The World Is Not Lawless: Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon’s View At The End Of His Life

2 min 5 sec

“The Reluctant Prophet”: The Death and Will of Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon

5 min 28 sec

Striving For Justice, and Other Important Lessons From Our Dad, Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon

2 min 50 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Kluge hent Solomon Simon

Kinderyorn fun yidishe shrayber Solomon Simon

Solomon Simon Lexicon 1

Solomon Simon Lexicon 2

Vortslen Solomon Simon

Amolikn Yidn Solomon Simon

Emuna fun a dor Solomon Simon

In di teg fun di ershte neviim Solomon Simon

Af eygene drokhim Solomon Simon

Yehoshua un Shoftim Solomon Simon

Yidn tsvishn felker Solomon Simon

Tsvaygn Solomon Simon

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