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 and Hebrew in Mexico
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Arturo Kerbel-Shein, Yiddish language activist, tells how Yiddish and Hebrew have always coexisted in the Jewish community in Mexico.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Arturo Kerbel-Shein.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Arturo Kerbel-Shein was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1988.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.