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.

Esther Nelson Sokolsky's Oral History

Esther Nelson Sokolsky, dancer, writer, and longtime Sholem Aleichem House resident, was interviewed by Nina Pick on April 11th, 2019 in the Bronx, New York.

This interview was conducted in English.

Esther Nelson Sokolsky was born in Bronx, NY in 1928.