- Rachel Rojanski, Professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University, discusses her work from her book on the decline of the Yiddish press and the resurgence of a revived, transformed Yiddish theatre in Israel.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Rick Grossman, actor and part of a Yiddish theater family, talks about his performance in Wish Me Luck and the legacy that performance has had on his family. He also remembers his close relationships with various famous Yiddish performers and...
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Michael (Mendl) Szmerling, former actor in the Melbourne amateur Yiddish theater, describes what the building of the Kadimah looked like when it was located at Lygon Street, Carlton. He also describes what the backstage was like while preparing for...
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- The queen of Yiddish cabaret, Eleanor Reissa, is a Brooklyn-born native Yiddish speaker whose work in theater garnered her a Tony Award nomination and propelled her into the front ranks of Yiddish theater and music.
Part of The Shmooze Podcast Series
- Judith Thissen talks about the Sunshine Theatre, one of the last of the iconic “vaud-pic” Yiddish theaters.
Part of The Shmooze Podcast Series
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
- Barbara Buloff, daughter of Yiddish actors Joseph Buloff...
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Rick Grossman, actor and part of a Yiddish theater family, describes his grandparents, Samuel B. and Fannie Grossman, as pioneers of Yiddish Theater because they moved on from the "Meccas" of theater, New York and Philadelphia, to find Jewish...
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Lea Szlanger, a Yiddish actress born in Poland, offers her words of advice for actors interested in and working in Yiddish theater.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts
- Lester Thomas Shane, son of Yiddish actor Sam Shane, talks about Yiddish theater as the root of his identity and the process of learning Yiddish later in life.
Part of Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project Excerpts