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.

Secondary Education in Kazan and Research on Jewish Music in Tatarstan

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Polina Markovna Shepherd, Yiddish performer, composer, and choir leader, describes her secondary education experience in Kazan and discusses her research on the current state of Jewish music in Tatarstan.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Polina Markovna Shepherd.

This excerpt is in English.

Polina Markovna Shepherd was born in Tomsk, USSR.