Hilda Rubin has, to date, been the most helpful advocate YiddishLives has had. She put us in touch with a huge array of very wonderful Yiddish speakers in the Maryland/D.C. area. We owe her a huge debt of thanks.
She is also, herself, a walking history book of Yiddish in the U.S. with vast knowledge of the Bronx Co-operatives, Yiddishists, theatre folks, actors, singers, and on and on. We were very lucky to get these recordings.