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.

A Diverse and Public Community: A Unique Jewish Community in Montreal

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Anna Fishman Gonshor, Faculty Lecturer of Yiddish Studies at McGill University and Montreal-based Yiddish activist, reflects upon what she thinks makes the Jewish community in Montreal unique, and talks about the prominent Jewish figures who have been drawn to the community.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Anna Gonshor.

This excerpt is in English.

Anna Gonshor was born in Paris, France in 1949.