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.
Eleanor Reissa's Oral History
Eleanor Reissa, singer, actress, and director in both Yiddish and English, was interviewed (remotely) by Nina Pick on February 1st, 2022 in Carmel, New York. Recorded as part of the Collecting These Times: American Jewish Experiences of the Pandemic project with the Council of American Jewish Museums, to record stories from the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-2022.
This interview was conducted in English.
Eleanor Reissa was born in Brooklyn, New York.
