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.

Bryna Wasserman's Oral History

Bryna Wasserman - executive director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene and daughter of Yiddish actress Dora Wasserman - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on April 8, 2016 at the Museum of the City of New York.

This interview was conducted in English.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Dora Wasserman and the Moscow Yiddish Theater

2 min 6 sec

"We Were Never Sure Who Was a Relative and Who Wasn't": Immigrant Life in Montreal

3 min 36 sec

Being Dora's Daughter: Bryna Wasserman Reflects

3 min 2 sec

Dora Wasserman's Last Years and Passing the Reigns

1 min 59 sec

Hope for the Future of Yiddish Theater

2 min

"This is the Life!"—Yiddish Theater in New York

3 min 57 sec

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