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.

Working With Dina Abramowicz

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Zachary Baker, Reinhard Family Curator of Judaica and Hebraica Collections at Stanford University, speaks about his time working with Dina Abramowicz, who served as head librarian at YIVO for over 25 years.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Zachary Baker.

This excerpt is in English.

Zachary Baker was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1950.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Taking An Interest in Jewish Culture

4 min 40 sec

"Something Other Than Christian": Being the Only Jew in School

3 min 1 sec

From bar Kokhba to Herzl: Yiddish as the Missing Piece of Jewish Culture

3 min 8 sec

Learning Yiddish, First with My Grandfather

5 min 35 sec

Studying Yiddish Under Mordkhe Schaechter

4 min 57 sec

'How Big Government Rescued Yiddish Culture": How the NEH Saved YIVO

4 min 52 sec

The YIVO Building on 5th Avenue

3 min 53 sec

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