Jewish Culture

Jay Jensen

Jay Jensen

Jay Jensen, “teacher to the stars” discusses the Jewish world of South Beach.

Cantor Moshe Buryn

Cantor Moshe Buryn

Cantor Moshe Buryn talks about his arrival in Miami in 1980, what the Jewish community looked like, the vibrancy of the Yiddish culture, and the decline of the Jewish population in Miami.

Charles Infeld

Charles Infeld

Charles Infeld talks about growing up in Lodz, Poland, the theater in Lodz, the Holocaust, coming to America, and the Yiddish culture he found in Miami.

Sylvia Weinstein

Sylvia Weinstein

Sylvia talks about the couple’s move to S Florida, Delray Beach. She found Delray Beach and the whole of Florida to be a Jewish wasteland until they joined the Workmen’s Circle.

Shifra Lerer

Shifra Lerer

Shifra Lerer, a Yiddish actress born in Argentina, talks about her life in the Jewish theater.

Rose Infeld

Rose Infeld

Rose and her husband have been together for 60 years and she discusses the value of Yiddish culture.

Moreno Habif

Moreno Habif

Moreno, born in Cuba, talks about his family, growing up in Cuba, Castro, coming to Miami, and Jewish culture.

Millie Nyman

Millie Nyman

Millie Nyman, born in the Bronx, talks about her family, growing up in NYC, Miami Beach, and her father establishing Yiddish Radio Miami.

Howie Pepper

Howie Pepper

Howie Pepper, a Yiddish cultural performer, talks about his life in the Yiddish theater.

Helen Spitz

Helen Spitz

Helen Spitz, an actress in Yiddish plays, shares her passion for Yiddish theater.

Esta Salzman

Esta Salzman

Esta Salzman, born in Boston Massachusetts, talks about her career in the Yiddish theater, the other stars she worked with, and Yiddish culture.

Deborah Dash Moore

Deborah Dash Moore

Deborah Dash Moore, the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies director, explores the Jewish migration to Miami, particularly post-World War II.