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, The Rabbi, and Yiddish

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Shulamith (Shami) Kligman Zimmerman – Yiddish teacher and daughter of Yiddishist Joseph Kligman – shares a story pf her father meeting a rabbi who spoke Yiddish. She explains how this story highlights how vibrant the Jewish community of Toronto is.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Shulamith (Shami) Kligman Zimmerman.

This excerpt is in English.