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.

On the Decline of Yiddish Language Education and Rise in Assimilation in Mexico

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Arturo Kerbel-Shein, Yiddish language activist, argues that no longer teaching Yiddish in Mexican-Jewish day schools is a form of assimilation.

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.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

A (Jewish Mexican) Family that Values Tradition, but Isn't Religious

1 min 37 sec

The Jewish Community in Mexico

3 min 12 sec

Learning Yiddish in a Jewish Day School in Mexico City

1 min 37 sec

Yiddish and Hebrew in Mexico

2 min 45 sec

To Be Jewish and Mexican

1 min 52 sec

"We're Also a Part of Mexico": The Jewish Mexican Community

3 min 48 sec

Youth for Yiddish in Mexico City

3 min 7 sec

Independent Yiddish Undertakings in Mexico

2 min 28 sec

Isaac Bashevis Singer and Magical Realism: My Favorite from Yiddish

2 min 4 sec

They Said They Didn't Want Yiddish Anymore

2 min 54 sec

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