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.

At Home Yiddish, in School English, on the Streets French

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Miriam Isaacs describes the Yiddish world she grew up in in Montreal. While Yiddish was the language of the family and home, it was a multilingual environment.

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

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

Miriam Isaacs was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.