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.

"This Is Me!": Discovering Yiddish Mexican Literature

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Talia Margolis Chomstein, Yiddish activist based in Mexico City, describes how she discovered Yiddish Mexican literature and how it inspired her to be more involved in the Mexican Jewish community through Yiddish.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Talia Margolis Chomstein.

This excerpt is in English.

Talia Margolis Chomstein was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1989.