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.
"I Can't Tell You How Many Apartments in the Bronx I Visited": Collecting a Yiddish Library
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Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, director of the core exhibition at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, recalls her friendship with folklorist Wolf Younin -- and how he helped her amass her collection of Yiddish books.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.
This excerpt is in English.
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1942.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
