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.

Bernie Agranoff's Oral History

Bernie Agranoff, scientist and professor at the University of Michigan, whose uncle was a Yiddish theater prompter in Detroit, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on June 29, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

This interview was conducted in English.

Bernie Agranoff was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1926.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Songs from My Uncle, A Yiddish Theater Prompter

2 min 36 sec

"That Brought Down the House": A Yiddish Theater Goof

1 min 20 sec

Learning German with a Yiddish Background

3 min 41 sec

Yiddish Songs about Non-Jews

1 min 56 sec

"An Old Guy From Kentucky": An American Yiddish Song

1 min 7 sec

"His Voice was Louder than the Actors": My Uncle was a Prompter in the Detroit Yiddish Theater

1 min 18 sec

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