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.
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Małgorzata Maciejewska, graduate student in Jewish Studies at University of Wrocław, explains how learning Yiddish helps her gain access to the great writings of Polish-Jewish female writers.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Małgorzata Maciejewska.
This excerpt is in English.
Małgorzata Maciejewska was born in Kalisz, Poland in 1989.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.