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.

"Our Parents Were Galutim (From the Exile), and We Were Israelis!": Negative Attitudes Toward Eastern Europe

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Rachel Rojanski, Professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University, reflects upon the negative attitudes towards Eastern Europe ("galut," Exile) exhibited by her family and peers while growing up in Israel.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Rachel Rojanski.

This excerpt is in English.

Rachel Rojanski was born in Israel.