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 Profound Impact of Reading Yiddish Literary Classics

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Liora Rapoport, coordinator of the library renovation project at CIM-ORT (Jewish School of Mexico City), describes learning Yiddish language-even before learning to read in Spanish-by reading classic literary texts.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Liora Rapoport.

This excerpt is in Spanish.

Liora Rapoport was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1975.

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Blintzes and Kugels: Family Histories and Traditions Preserved through Cooking

1 min 36 sec

Lererkes and Shafeles: Yiddish in the Kindergarten Classroom

2 min 15 sec

"Energy Moved in the Library": Threatened Books Claimed by the Community

3 min 40 sec

Curiosity and Ignorance About Yiddish Books During the Library Renovation of Mexico City's CIM-ORT

1 min 33 sec

Classification of Yiddish Books: Latin American, Mexican, Women, and Modern Literature

2 min 34 sec

"Pueblo Del Libro (People of the Book)": Jewish Community Producers of Knowledge

2 min 15 sec

"Yiddish Belongs to All": What to Do with Thousands of Yiddish Books?

4 min 12 sec

Idea Lab: The Library Renovation Project of 21st Century

1 min 20 sec

Yiddish in Mexico Today: In the hearts of Yiddish students

2 min 32 sec

Transformations of a Yiddish School Hymn: Changes in Mexican Jewish Communal Life

2 min 54 sec

Vision for A Collection of Yiddish Works Written in Mexico

1 min 58 sec

How Yiddish Learned and Preserved in the Home Became Useful on a Kibbutz in Israel

2 min 3 sec

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