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.

"My Mame's Shabes Candles": Cantor Leibele Jinich Sings and Reflects on his Life

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Leibele Jinich, Cantor Emeritus of Bet-El Community in Mexico City (originally from Monigotes, Argentina) sings a song from his childhood and reflects on the light his heritage gave him that he has carried with him for his whole life.

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.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

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A Precious City: An Argentine Cantor on Coming to Mexico

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Leibele Jinich sings a Yiddish song from Moisesville, A Jewish Agricultural Colony in Rural Argentina

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Cantor Leibele Jinich Sings an Ashkenazi Version of "Sim Shalom" Brought from Argentina to Mexico

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"Shabes Zol Zayn (Let It Be Shabes)," A Song Remembered from Childhood

1 min 18 sec

Shabbos in Monigotes, A Jewish Agricultural Colony in Rural Argentina

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