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.

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

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Saul Hankin, 2013-2014 Yiddish Book Center fellow, discusses "Vos darfn mer?' his favorite Yiddish saying. Saul sites the differences in tone and feeling between this grateful saying, and its equivalent in English.

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.

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

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