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.

Languages at a Jewish Orthodox Camp at a Swiss Refugee Camp

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Frieda Johles Forman – feminist translator, editor, and writer – talks about the refugee camp in Switzerland where she lived. She describes the community and the education she found there.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Frieda Johles Forman.

This excerpt is in English.

Frieda Johles Forman was born in Vienna, Austria in 1937.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.

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Pesach in Switzerland

1 min 48 sec

Getting into Jewish Feminism Through My Yiddish Past

4 min 16 sec

Some Wonderful Yiddish Phrases from the Jewish Religious Calendar

4 min 18 sec

Anthologies of Yiddish Women Writers Translated into English

5 min 56 sec

In the Mail Was Our Visa: A Special Yom Kippur in Switzerland

1 min 12 sec

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