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.
Memories of My Grandfather: Yiddish Writer, Israel Medres
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Vivian Felsen, professional translator and granddaughter of Yiddish writer I. Medres, shares her childhood memories of her grandfather, whom she describes as loving and attentive. She also discusses his writing desk, which was always covered in differently colored little writing pads, and the fact that she and her grandfather wrote each other letters in Yiddish.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Vivian Felsen.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.
