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.

Chava Rosenfarb's School Years in Lodz

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Goldie Morgentaler, daughter of Yiddish writer Chava Rosenfarb, provides a glimpse into her mother's school years in Lodz, including a story about the teacher she had a crush on and the way that Chava and her future husband met.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Goldie Morgentaler.

This excerpt is in English.