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.

European Immigration to Mexico

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Boris Rubinstein explains how, at a time when the United States was restricting immigration, Mexico encouraged European immigration, including Jews, during the 1920s in order to stimulate its economy and culture.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Boris Rubinstein.

This excerpt is in English.

Boris Rubinstein was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1945.