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.

Finding Community at KlezKanada

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Avia Moore - a freelance theater artist based in Montreal - describes her experience at the Yiddish festival KlezKanada and how it has informed her Jewish identity.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Avia Moore.

This excerpt is in English.

Avia Moore was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982.