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.
Questions From Readers
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Chana Mlotek, music archivist at YIVO, talks about her job at the Yiddish Forverts and shares some questions that readers had about Yiddish songs.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Chana Mlotek.
This excerpt is in English.
Chana Mlotek was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922. Chana died in 2013.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
