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.
"They Spoke Yiddish Beautifully": Yiddish Beyond Borscht Belt Humor
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Annette Zakuta, daughter of Yiddish writer Y. Y. Segal, reflects on what Yiddish means to her.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Annette Zakuta.
This excerpt is in English.
Annette Zakuta was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1929.
This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.
