- Henri Oppenheim, klezmer musician based in Montreal, describes the process that led him to his album "Tur Malka," if which he sets Yiddish poetry to music. He recalls how he found the poetry of Chava Rosenfarb, and his surprise at receiving a grant...
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- Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, discusses how her relationship to Yiddish has changed over her lifetime, and shares the story of being hired as a Yiddish teacher at NYU simply because she knew the word for "orange" in...
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- רחל ראַװיטש
- חוה ראָזנפֿאַרב
- פּערל אַקסלראָד
- יוסף הײבלום
- יהודה עלבער
- ישׂראל שטערן
- אַרטור לערמער
- מ.מ. שאַפֿיר
- לײב טענצער
- Rachel Ravitch
- Chava Rozenfarb
- Pearl Akselrod
- Joseph Heiblum
- Yehuda Elberg
- Israel Stern
- Arthur Lermer
- M.M. Shafir
- Leib Tencer
September 03, 1986
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Frances Brandt Online Yiddish Audio Library
- Essays, oral histories, audio recordings, and more resources about one of the most important Yiddish novelists of the post-War period
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- The Frances Brandt Online Yiddish Audio Library contains lectures by and interviews with Yiddish writers, recorded at the Jewish Public Library of Montreal between 1953 and 2005.
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- A portfolio of young Yiddish writers who helped shape modern Yiddish literature
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- The Sami Rohr Library of Recorded Yiddish Books is a collection of Yiddish books and short stories read aloud by native speakers, recorded in the 1980s and ’90s at the Jewish Public Library of Montreal.
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- Items from our Collections Highlighting the Voices of Yiddish Women Writers
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- Modern in Autumn: The Belated Discovery of Blume Lempel
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- Lesley is an education manager at the Yiddish Book Center. After delving into her selections, scroll down to read a short interview with Lesley about her choices.
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