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.
"I'm Taking Back Yiddish": Removing the Guilt and Resentment that Became Associated with Yiddish Through Assimilation, the Holocaust, and Israel
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Joanne Borts—Broadway singer and Yiddish activist—explains the reasons she believe Yiddish has become less popular more recently, and describes how she plans to ensure it gets passed on to future generations.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Joanne Borts.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
