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.

Hy Eisman's Oral History

Hy Eisman, American cartoonist who writes and draws the "Popeye" comic strip, was interviewed (remotely) by Nina Pick on April 5th, 2021 in Glen Rock, New Jersey.

This interview was conducted in English.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Leaving Poland: How My Parents Came to the United States

2 min 44 sec

Yiddish at Home, English in Public

2 min

Every Sunday was a Holiday: Discovering Comic Strips in Newspapers

3 min 30 sec

"I Could Curse in Yiddish for 10 Minutes Without Repeating Anything"

1 min 32 sec

I Thought They Crossed the Atlantic on a Rowboat: How My Parents Came to the US

1 min 38 sec

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