"Overnight, My Name Became Known": Breaking into the Hebrew Actors' Union

[@JR-ck4fq]

What a lovely man. I could listen to him all night.

[@5610winston]

Barely understood a word, but it sounded so right. He was a fine man and a great entertainer, regardless of the language.

[@antonioperez1624]

Yes sir, indeed. A mensch, a mensch is what he is.

[@winifredtrout1]

I want to marry him!!.I am a bit Jewish... here and there!!

[@RWPeninsula]

yiddish oral history is so unbelievably moving, vielen Dank to the Wexler Center

[@sethwexler6910]

My dad spoke Yiddish "like he just stepped off the boat". Just like that. And I miss him every day.

[@davef.2329]

Listening to Mr. Finkel speak really brings back to old memories of childhood.

[@kittykate314]

What a wonderful story. 🥰

[@toptth]

Ohne Perück !!! Hahaha what a great man. Thank you so much for this.

[@Whaaaaah]

Such beautiful language. Simply music to my ears. Brings back so many memories of my grandparents that barely spoke Russian and would always communicate in Yiddish and the endless conversations in the phone with relatives in Yiddish with hand gestures and what not. It’s been more than 30 years since they both past away. Sign. And Yiddish shtatle culture is now gone with them too.

[@JiubeiKibagami]

We LOVE YOU! We will always LOVE YOU!

[@elkabong6429]

Thank you!

[@whiskeytuesday]

There's a kind of hilarious error I think in the subtitles at about 3:20, which I'm very pleased with myself for being able to spot if I'm right about it, I must admit. It's translated as if he said "We have a lot of little birds" (feygele) but I'm pretty sure he's saying "We have a lot of Finkels."

[@hellbooks3024]

Fink is also “finch,” so it was a witticism.

[@countalucard4226]

So glad he got to show American audiences what a fine actor he was. He stole every single scene on Pickett Fences he as in. RIP

[@davidbernstein3019]

Mmmmi