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.
Difference Between Montreal/Toronto Jewish Communities And Rochester, NY Jewish Community
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Lola Kipnis Ladin, Montreal-born Yiddish speaker and enthusiast, discusses the differences that she felt between the Canadian Jewish communities that she experienced in Montreal and Toronto, and the Jewish community that she found when she moved to Rochester, New York.
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.
