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.

Hanukkah Song in Yiddish

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Lola Kipnis Ladin, Montreal-born Yiddish speaker and enthusiast, sings a Hanukkah song in Yiddish that her family used to sing.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Lola Kipnis Ladin.

This excerpt is in English.

Lola Kipnis Ladin was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1930. Lola died in 2022.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Mother's Escape From Lithuania To Canada

1 min 57 sec

Description and Importance of Peretz Yiddish Secular Shule (School)

3 min 18 sec

Difference Between Montreal/Toronto Jewish Communities And Rochester, NY Jewish Community

1 min 25 sec

Remembering Friends and (Least) Favorite Teachers at the Peretz Shule

6 min 26 sec

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