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.

Melvin Meister's Oral History

Melvin Meister z"l, retired biomedical engineer, was interviewed by Carole Renard on February 13th, 2019, at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Melvin Meister was born in Boston, MA in 1928. Melvin died in 2019.

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