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.
"It's Like Falling in Love Again:" The Beauty of Reading Yiddish Memoirs
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Glenn Dynner, Professor of Religion at Sarah Lawrence College, gushes over the experience of reading Yiddish memoirs for his current project, explaining that the Yiddish "is as natural as a flowing stream" and that there is some unique -- perhaps even transcendent -- quality to the works.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Glenn Dynner.
This excerpt is in English.
Glenn Dynner was born in Washington, D.C. in 1961.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
