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.

Rick Grossman's Oral History

Rick Grossman, actor and part of Yiddish theater family, was interviewed by Isaac Daniel Moore on April 7, 2016 at the Museum of the City of New York.

This interview was conducted in English.

Rick Grossman was born in New York, New York in 1948.

Video highlights from this oral history

An Early Career in Yiddish Theater: Rick Grossman Reflects

3 min 17 sec

Rick Grossman Remembers His Early Performances in Yiddish Theater

3 min 30 sec

How Yiddish theater Has Come Full Circle

3 min 58 sec

On Performing with a Giant of Yiddish Theater: Rick Grossman Reflects

2 min 50 sec

How My Grandparents, Samuel B. and Fannie Grossman, Came to Love the Yiddish Theater

2 min 1 sec

My Grandparents Samuel B. and Fannie Grossman: Pioneers of Yiddish Theater

3 min 59 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Rick Grossman Photograph - Headshot of Rick Grossman's Mother, actress Diana Goldberg

Rick Grossman Photograph - Rick Grossman at age 14 with Molly Picon and Bruce Adler

Rick Grossman Photograph - Production Shot of Rick Grossman and Menasha Skulnik in National Tour of Enter Laughing, 1965

Rick Grossman Photograph - New York Times Photograph of Rick Grossman at age 6 with Irving Jacobson in "Wish Me Luck"

Rick Grossman Photograph - Rick Grossman on first opening night of "Man of La Mancha" with Irving Jacobson

Rick Grossman Photograph - Rick's Father, Irving Grossman in "Russian Wedding"

Rick Grossman Document - Poster for Reinhart and Grossman Repertory Company in Chicago, Illinois

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