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.
"They Went Back to Where She Came From": A Favorite Teacher and Her Library's Journey
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Chava Turniansky, professor emeritus of Yiddish literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, discusses her favorite lererke (Yiddish teacher) growing up, Shoshana, who motivated her to study Yiddish, and tells the story of how she found a place for Shoshana's many Yiddish books after she died.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Chava Turniansky.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Chava Turniansky was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1937.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
