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.

Anna (Anya) Broytman's Oral History

Anna (Anya) Broytman, student in the 2016 Steiner Summer Yiddish Program, was interviewed by Tanya Panova on July 20, 2016 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Anna (Anya) Broytman was born in Moscow, Russia in 1994.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Life at the Gymnasia: An Educational Tradition from Tzarist Times

6 min 42 sec

Summertime in Russia: Life at the Datcha

58 sec

The Joy of Learning Languages: From Japanese to Yiddish

7 min 10 sec

Yiddish Phrases from My Family

2 min 10 sec

The Revival of Yiddish: My Grandparents' Great Joy

1 min 58 sec

My Genetic Memory: My Emotional Experience Listening to Yiddish Song

1 min 26 sec

My Memories from the Yiddish Book Center's Steiner Summer Yiddish Program

2 min 22 sec

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