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.

Henrique (Saul Hersh) Morelenbaum's Oral History

Henrique Morelenbaum, musician, conductor, composer, and music professor, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on May 10th, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This interview was conducted in English and Yiddish.

Henrique (Saul Hersh) Morelenbaum was born in Lagow, Poland in 1931. Henrique (Saul Hersh) died in 2022.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Yiddish Music for the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra: Henrique Morelenbaum Reflects

2 min 45 sec

Henrique Morelenbaum Remembers His Beloved Yiddish Lerer (Teacher), Pesakh Tabak

2 min 48 sec

Henrique Morelenbaum on How He Became Musical Director at (Camp) Colonia Kinderland in Brazil

3 min 26 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Sholem Aleichem School

Certificate from the Inter-American Music Council

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