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.

Not Dead or Alive, But Disregarded: The Current Status of Yiddish in Israel

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Ze'ev Tsanin, son of Yiddish writer, journalist and activist Mordkhe Tsanin, talks about his father's pessimism for the future of Yiddish in his later years, and reflects on the language's status in Israel today.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ze'ev Tsanin.

This excerpt is in English.