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.

"How many cousins I don't have"

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Sophia Wise remembers the first time she heard about her great-aunt's experience during the Holocaust.

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.

Other video highlights from this oral history

History Made Tangible

56 sec

Hearing Tumbalalaika Again

1 min 2 sec

The Lion King in Hebrew

1 min 36 sec

Becoming a bat mitzvah

1 min 51 sec

"Yiddish defies linguistic possibilities"

1 min 7 sec

Keeping kosher

55 sec

"It's this ghost that doesn't have a home state"

1 min 22 sec

"The Heartstrings Attached": Deepening My Understanding of Yiddish

1 min 12 sec

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