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.

Named After a Yiddish Research Institute: The Stories Behind My Name, Eva

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Eva Raby - former director of the Montreal Jewish Public Library - tells how she got her name from YIVO, the Yiddish Research Institute, and how her mother insisted that her name be Eva in English, Yiddish, and Hebrew.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Eva Raby.

This excerpt is in English.

Eva Raby was born in Montreal, Québec, Canada in 1942.