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.

Returning to Yiddish in Adulthood And Experiences In Vilna

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Vivian Felsen, professional translator and granddaughter of Yiddish writer I. Medres, describes how she became involved with Yiddish in adulthood through knowing Sylvia Lustgarten, and her subsequent experiences in Vilna.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Vivian Felsen.

This excerpt is in English.