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.
First Impressions of Israel
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Frances Morrill Schlitt shares her first impression of Israel and her realization that she is more of an American than she previously understood. She measures her initial assumptions about the country, particularly the kibbutzim, against her less-than-impressive experiences.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Frances Morrill Schlitt.
This excerpt is in English.
Frances Morrill Schlitt was born in Auburn, Maine in 1935. Frances Morrill died in 2020.
