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.

Nu? (So?): : A Yiddish Student Shares Favorite Yiddish Word

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Saul Hankin, 2013-2014 Yiddish Book Center fellow, shares his favorite Yiddish word and reflects on how there is something untranslatable about this rich turn-of-phrase.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Saul Hankin.

This excerpt is in English and Yiddish.

Saul Hankin was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1991.

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

Other video highlights from this oral history

University of Michigan, One of the Best Places for Studying Yiddish

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From Tevye and Tumbalalaika to Bundist Newspapers: Changing Perceptions of Yiddish

1 min 32 sec

"Vos darf men mer? (What More Do You Need?)": A Yiddish Student Shares His Favorite Yiddish Expressions

1 min 39 sec

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