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.

Mickey Katz and the Borscht Capades

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Joel Grey—award-winning actor, dancer, singer, and director—explains his father, Mickey Katz's program "Borscht Capades" and why it was so popular.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Joel Grey.

This excerpt is in English.

Other video highlights from this oral history

"Glugging" with Spike Jones: The Early Musical Career of Mickey Katz

1 min 46 sec

Joel Grey on How Mickey Katz Became "the Pre-eminent Yiddish-Speaking Comedian Parodist"

2 min 50 sec

"It Was in Every Bone in His Body": Joel Grey Describes Mickey Katz's Love of Yiddish

2 min 11 sec

Joe Grey's "Grandma Fanny" Came to America Alone When She Was 16

1 min 53 sec

Joel Grey on Directing the Yiddish "Fiddler on the Roof"

3 min 17 sec

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