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.
"Yiddish defies linguistic possibilities"
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Sophia Wise expresses her preference for Yiddish words that seem to defy conventional linguistics.
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.
