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.

Jory Miller's Oral History

Jory Miller, grandson of Yiddish actress Anna Beck, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on March 16, 2017, at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

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Video highlights from this oral history

My Grandmother, Anna Beck's Bohemian Lifestyle in New York City

3 min 52 sec

From Coffins to Competition: Family Lore About My Grandmother, Yiddish Actress Anna Beck

2 min 47 sec

My Grandmother's Heavy Russian Borscht

1 min 21 sec

My Grandmother from Odessa Sang Me "Oyfn Pripetshik"

3 min 9 sec

One Memory I Have of Seeing My Grandmother Perform in a Yiddish Play in 1950s New York

1 min 57 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Anna Beck Close Up on Poster from the 1949-1950 Folksbiene season

Anna Beck Head Shot

Anna Beck Publicity Photo as Delia in Ulysses

Jory's Grandmother, Yiddish Actress Anna Beck in Military Type Outfit with Cigarette

Poster from the 1949-1950 Folksbiene season

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