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.
Suckling Pig With the Louisiana Jewish Community
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Marc Caplan tells a funny story involving a suckling pig to explain what it was like growing up Jewish in Louisiana.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Marc Caplan.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Marc Caplan was born in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1967.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
