Wexler Oral History Project Features

Memories of Jewish life from Jewish neighborhoods around the United States, a series from the Wexler Oral History Project

Immerse yourself in matters of the heart with stories of first encounters

Jewish Intellectuals' Spiritual Resistance in the Vilna Ghetto

As part of our ongoing year-long celebration of #WomenInYiddish, we’re presenting a short film about the Yiddish theater luminary Ida Kaminska

Stories where art and activism intersect.

Narrators reminisce on Sukkos and their families' sukkahs.

Stories from some of our narrators on their experiences returning to the places their families once called home.

Clips from women speaking about the importance of translation, their own process of translating Yiddish, and the intricacies, nuances, and creativity of rendering works from one language to another.

Four women musicians reflect on their deep, personal connection to Yiddish music.

Women across generations candidly reflect on Jewishness and American culture

Post-WWII DP Camp Stories

Stories that celebrate women Yiddish poets

Highlights from the Wexler Oral History Project

Stories from women memoirists

Stories from cartoonists and graphic novelists

Stories about the many joys, occasional frustrations, and changing nature of learning Yiddish

A collection of interview highlights that illustrate many experiences of translating

Stories and reflections which illustrate the Yiddish actress's continued influence on Yiddish culture

Highlights from Ed Asner's Oral History

Stories about books and libraries

A selection of LGBTQ+ Pride Month stories

Stories about beloved NYC-based Yiddish radio station WEVD

Highlighting a special feature from the latest issue of Pakn Treger

The Wexler Oral History Project presents stories from child stars of the Yiddish radio and stage.

Stories from the Wexler Oral History Project

A selection of interview excerpts about teaching and learning Yiddish from the Center's Wexler Oral History Project

Selected clips from our collection of oral history interviews in Yiddish. All clips feature English subtitles.

A selection of stories and reflections about Itzik Manger

Celebrating a Decade of Yiddish Stories: Interview Highlights

A collection of stories from the Wexler Oral History Project that offer glimpses into a bygone world of Jewish summer culture

A selection of food-related highlights from our collection

Recollections of Yiddish summer camps, from the Wexler Oral History Project

A selection of highlights about Jewish humor from our collection

Memories of life in American Jewish farming communities, from our Wexler Oral History Project collection

Memories and Stories about Synagogues from the Wexler Oral History Project

A Catskills summer enclave run by and for Yiddish writers

In his recently recorded oral history, the late, legendary, literary scholar Harold Bloom recalls Yiddish theater, literature, and more.

Excerpts from Yidstock Performers' and Presenters' Wexler Oral History Project Interviews

A selection of Purim songs and stories from our collection

A compilation of oral history excerpts about Pesach foods, seders, and songs.

Recollections of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur from the Wexler Oral History Project

Hanukkah Highlights: Selections from the Wexler Oral History Project

Fourth of July and Yiddish Writer Solomon Simon

Oral histories of women partisans and resisters told firsthand and by their descendants