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.

Bunny Hoffinger's Oral History

Bunny Hoffinger, former fashion designer who grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on December 28, 2015 in her home in New York, New York.

This interview was conducted in English.

Bunny Hoffinger was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930. Bunny died in 2018.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Experiences at Unser Camp

3 min 17 sec

"An Absolutely Wonderful Place": Yiddish Celebrities and Performances at Unser Camp

3 min 47 sec

Typical Day at Unser Camp

1 min 41 sec

Yiddish Faux Pas with a Holocaust Survivor at Camp Kinderwelt

2 min 5 sec

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