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.

Learning Yiddish with Hanan Bordin

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Sasha Lurje, singer of Yiddish music born in Riga, Latvia, shares the story of how she accidentally met Hanan Bordin and describes her Yiddish lessons with him.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Sasha Lurje.

This excerpt is in English.