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.
The Joy of [Being Better Than Your Husband At] Yiddish
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Joan Rudd, sculptor and Yiddish activist, speaks about the particular delight she feels at being able to out-Yiddish her college professor husband, who proudly displays his childhood Yiddish Shule diploma in the dining room.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Joan Rudd.
This excerpt is in English.
Joan Rudd was born in New York, New York in 1948.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
