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.
Distance from History
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Professor Cecile Kuznitz discusses her research of YIVO and explains that enough time has now passed to write a history of pre-war YIVO.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Cecile Kuznitz.
This excerpt is in English.
Cecile Kuznitz was born in New York, New York in 1967.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.