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.
My Father Speaks "Narishkayt (Nonsense)"
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Ethel Sum Cooper, Yiddish educator, tells a story about her daughter telling a Hebrew teacher about her parents' Yiddish knowledge.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ethel Cooper.
This excerpt is in English and Yiddish.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
