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.

Language is a powerful tool

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Han Xu discusses the importance of language in her undergraduate curriculum.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Han Xu.

This excerpt is in English.

Han Xu was born in Shanghai, China in 1989.