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.
Changing Attitudes toward Yiddish at the "Naye" I. L. Peretz Yiddish School in Mexico City
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Talia Margolis Chomstein, Yiddish activist based in Mexico City, remembers Yiddish classes at the "Naye" I. L. Peretz Yiddish School, including with the renowned Yiddish teacher Vele Zabludovsky. She reflects, too, on how attitudes toward Yiddish changed during her time there.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Talia Margolis Chomstein.
This excerpt is in Yiddish and English.
Talia Margolis Chomstein was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1989.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
