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.

Getting to "Di Goldene Medine" (The Golden Land)

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Alice Ahart talks about the journey of her parents, who left Eastern Europe in hope of finding better life in the US.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Alice Ahart.

This excerpt is in English.

Alice Ahart was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 1932. Alice died in 2021.