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.

Mother Learning English, Father Reading Stories: Importance of Literature and Education in My Childhood

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Adah Bakalinsky - philanthropist and walking advocate - describes how her mother learned English and how her father read to her. Adah reflects on the emphasis her family places on books and learning.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Adah Bakalinsky.

This excerpt is in English.

Adah Bakalinsky was born in 1923.