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.

Bruce Sabath's Oral History

Bruce Sabath, former engineer turned actor involved in the Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof, was interviewed by Nina Pick on March 21st, 2019 in New York, NY.

This interview was conducted in English.

Bruce Sabath was born in Rochester, NY in 1962.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Bruce Sabath on His Parents Record Keeping Post-Depression

1 min 28 sec

Before I was an Actor, I was an Engineer

1 min 34 sec

A Journey from Engineering to Acting: Three Events That Encouraged Me Change My Career

9 min 50 sec

Fiddler on the Roof: Comparing Yiddish and English Productions

2 min 33 sec

What Makes Fiddler on the Roof So Universally Loved?

5 min

"I Think About My Twelve-Year-Old Grandfather": The Connection Between Yiddish Fiddler and My Ancestral History

3 min 42 sec

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