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.
I Always Sort Of Felt Out Of Place": How My Jewishness Fits Into My Identity approved for content
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Mei Li Isaacson, 2012 January term Yiddish student, describes how her Jewish identity has often been overshadowed by other aspects of her identity and how her sense of Jewishness has developed.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Mei Li Isaacson.
This excerpt is in English.
Mei Li Isaacson was born in China in 1992.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
