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.
"Those Little Words That Color My Day": Favorite Yiddish words and phrases
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Deimante Varvaityte, Lithuanian masters student focusing on heritage and preservation of pre-war Jewish life in Lithuania, shares her favorite Yiddish words and phrases and describes the way they are sprinkled in everyday Lithuanian.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Deimantė Varnaitytė.
This excerpt is in English.
Deimantė Varnaitytė was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1992.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
