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.

What's Lobster in Yiddish?: Teaching Yiddish to Senior Citizens

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Helen Kurzban, Brooklyn-born native Yiddish speaker and former administrator in the New York City public schools, describes how after retirement she volunteered to teach a variety of Yiddish-related courses to senior citizens.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Helen Kurzban.

This excerpt is in English.

Helen Kurzban was born in New York, New York in 1930.