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.
Yiddish Revival: More than Spicy Yinglish
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Israeli Yiddish teacher, Hanna Palmon, discusses the question of the death of Yiddish. She describes the importance of the move toward appreciating more than just the 'folkloristic' element of Yiddish, but the also the full depth of the Yiddish culture and vernacular.
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.
