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 Camp Yungvelt, the Arbeter Ring Summer Colony in Ontario
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Ethel Sum Cooper, Yiddish educator, describes the Jewish summer camp Camp Yungvelt, where both she and her parents spent summers.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ethel Cooper.
This excerpt is in Yiddish and English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.