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.

Bella Kuper Sanderson's Oral History

Bella Kuper Sanderson, Toronto Yiddish teacher who was born in Siberia and grew up in a Bundist household, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 20, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

This interview was conducted in English.

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Video highlights from this oral history

"Yiddish Was Their Life": Legacy Left By Yiddishist Parents

1 min 41 sec

From Poland to Siberia, Siberia to Cuba: Journeys of a Jewish Family During and After World War Two

4 min 57 sec

"The Workmen's Circle Was Our Family": Growing Up In a Jewish Socialist Household in Montreal

2 min 3 sec

Reading the Fir Kashes Written By Her Father

2 min 54 sec

Replicas of Parents' Houses in Stoczek, Poland

2 min 30 sec

Studying Acting With Chayele Grober

1 min 6 sec

Taking Theatre Classes at School With Dora

1 min 48 sec

Poetry Reading, Drawn From Malka Lee Poem and Translated Into English

5 min 42 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Replica of father's house in shtetl 1

Replica of father's house in shtetl 2

Replica of mother's house in shtetl 1

Replica of mother's house in shtetl 2

Replica of house with thatched roof, typical shtetl house 1

Replica of house with thatched roof, typical shtetl house 2

Replica horse and wagon made by father 1

Replica horse and wagon made by father 2

Hands Sculpture

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