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.

Why It's Difficult To Estimate the Size of Moldova's Jewish Community

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Sebastian Schulman, Translation Project Coordinator at the Yiddish Book Center, discusses the unique character of the Jewish Community in Moldova and the issues that are raised in trying to estimate its size.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Sebastian Schulman.

This excerpt is in English.

Sebastian Schulman was born in Los Angeles, California in 1984.

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

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Experiencing Life From a Uniquely Jewish Perspective

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Transmission and Transformation: Working with the Jewish Community in Moldova

5 min 34 sec

Ravenna Kibbutz: A Jewish Intentional Community in Seattle

1 min 45 sec

"A Part of the Family": Transmitting Yiddish Culture to My Children

3 min 1 sec

"Something's Alive": Jewish Culture in Eastern Europe Today

2 min 9 sec

Yiddish's Return to Mainstream American Jewish Culture

2 min 14 sec

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