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.

Vegetable Selling with Mary the Horse: My Zeyde

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Mikhl (Michael) Yashinsky - stage director and Yiddish language student - describes his Zeyde Leyzer's produce peddling business, and his unfortunate equine injury.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Mikhl (Michael) Yashinsky.

This excerpt is in English.

Mikhl (Michael) Yashinsky was born in Detroit, Michigan 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

Meeting in the Middle: My Parents' Approach to Jewishness

2 min 34 sec

Action Figures in the Sukkah: “A Very American Kind of Yiddishkayt”

1 min 45 sec

From My Grandmother's Library, Truths About The Jewish People

2 min 22 sec

A “Bashert” Encounter with Di Brider Ashkenazi (The Brothers Ashkenazi) by I. J. Singer

3 min 28 sec

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