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.

Translation Keeps You At Arm's Length

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Miriam Udel, assistant professor of German Studies and Jewish Studies at Emory University, explains that her decision to learn Jewish languages comes from a desire to be able to encounter texts and traditions without the meditation of translators, an impetus that she tries to instill in her students.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Miriam Udel.

This excerpt is in English.

Miriam Udel was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1976.