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.

Rusty Water Guns and Baseball Bets: Elliott Gould Remembers Growing Up on Bay Parkway in Brooklyn

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Elliott Gould, American actor, remembers playing with his friends in the streets of Brooklyn, only blocks from his school and synagogue.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Elliott Gould.

This excerpt is in English.

Elliott Gould was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1938.