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.
Becoming a bat mitzvah
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Sophia Wise recalls her bat mitzvah. She describes both her grandfather's visible pride during the ceremony and her realization of how much she still had to learn about Judaism.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Sophia Wise.
This excerpt is in English.
Sophia Wise was born in Orlando, Florida in 1992.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
