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.

Importance of Folklore

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Chana Mlotek, music archivist at YIVO, speaks to the importance of remembering and preserving Yiddish folklore.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Chana Mlotek.

This excerpt is in English.

Chana Mlotek was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922. Chana died in 2013.