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.

A Hope for Cultural Transmission

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Bina Addes, volunteer oral historian and child of Holocaust survivors, expresses her hopes that future generations of Jews preserve Jewish traditions and values, even if they are not religious.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Bina Addes.

This excerpt is in English.

Bina Addes was born in Germany in 1947.

Other video highlights from this oral history

My Father's Family Had Good Relations with the Christians During the War

1 min 14 sec

"I Certainly Felt in the Minority": Jewish Life in Amherst vs. New York

2 min 57 sec

"Being Connected in Any Way is Important to Me": Yiddish and My Jewish Identity

2 min 2 sec

What It Means to Be Second Generation

5 min 14 sec

Two Different Fathers

3 min 8 sec

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