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.
Shabbos in Monigotes, A Jewish Agricultural Colony in Rural Argentina
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Leibele Jinich, Cantor Emeritus of Bet-El Community in Mexico City, describes Shabes in his hometown, Monigotes, a Jewish agricultural colony in Argentina.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Leibele Jinich.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Leibele Jinich was born in Monigotes, Argentina in 1933.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.