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.
Falling in Love with Yiddish through Poetry
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Israeli Yiddish teacher, Hanna Palmon, remembers how she first became interested in Yiddish. Through a strong desire to connect with the language and literature of her parents, she describes the inertia that moved her to vigorously pursue studying the language.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Hanna Palmon.
This excerpt is in English.
Hanna Palmon was born in Haifa, Israel in 1959.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
