- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, provides a glimpse into her mother's school years in Lodz, including a story about the teacher she had a crush on and the way that Chava and her future husband met.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 21, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2016-07-21
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project
- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes her mother's 3-volume novel about life in the Lodz Ghetto, entitled The Tree of Life.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes her parents' experiences as teenagers in the Lodz Ghetto, their deportation to Auschwitz, and their experiences following the camp's liberation.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on July 21, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, names some of the writers who came to her parents' house when she was a child and describes some of her interactions with them.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes her mother's physical appearance and shares the fact that her mother always thought of herself as a tall woman despite being 5'5''.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes the experience of having a writer as a mother, including wanting more attention from her and throwing her writing down the incinerator out of frustration.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes the shock she experienced when she went to university in the United States and experienced the condescending and dismissive attitudes of her professors towards Yiddish.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, describes her mother's social presence, including her dislike of chitchat, her misunderstood quietness, and her ability to make people feel heard and appreciated.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
