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.

Researching the Haynt Daily Yiddish Newspaper

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Joanna Nalewajko-Kulikov, Chair of the Polish Association for Yiddish Studies, talks about her mentor Professor Jerzy Borejsza, and how she ended up doing research on the Polish-Yiddish daily "Haynt".

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Joanna Nalewajko-Kulikov.

This excerpt is in English.