- Isaac "Ying" Halpern, the son of Yiddish poet Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, tells the story of how he got his unique nickname.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Isaac "Ying" Halpern, the son of Yiddish poet Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, talks about his father's difficulty in holding down a day job.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Isaac "Ying" Halpern, the son of Yiddish poet Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, reflects on his father's poetry, describing its thematic and stylistic elements.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Isaac Becker, diamond cutter and part of the construction committee of the Colegio Israelita de Mexico, talks about the different Jewish communities in Mexico, and the role of the Central Committee.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Jonathan (Itsik) Sunshine—University Heights (Cleveland) native and head of the greater Washington, D.C. Yiddish club—explains why Yiddish is important to him, especially as a kid.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Jonathan (Itsik) Sunshine—University Heights (Cleveland) native and head of the greater Washington, D.C. Yiddish club— explains what the Workmen's Circle's tradition of the third Passover seder is.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Jonathan (Itsik) Sunshine—University Heights (Cleveland) native and head of the greater Washington, D.C. Yiddish club—talks about the Yiddish and Jewish activities that go on in and around Washington, D.C.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Jonathan (Itsik) Sunshine—University Heights (Cleveland) native and head of the greater Washington, D.C. Yiddish club—talks about Yiddish-Vokh (Yiddish Week), what it is and how it has changed over the years.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Isaac Becker, diamond cutter and was part of the construction committee of the Colegio Israelita de Mexico (CIM-ORT Jewish Day School of Mexico), explains how it was only thanks to the former Mexican president Echeverria that the construction...
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Isaac (Ying) Halpern, son of Yiddish poet Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, remembers his father's habits as an artist. He discusses his father's perfectionist approach to writing poetry in contrast with his much less rigorous approach to painting.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts