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.
"Yiddish lebt, Yiddish helft lebn (Yiddish lives, Yiddish helps to live)": Understanding the Power of Yiddish
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Elena Sarashevskaya, editor of the Birobidzhaner Shtern, describes her relationship to Yiddish and how she thinks studying Yiddish opens borders and builds compassion for Jewish people.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Elena Sarashevskaya.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Elena Sarashevskaya was born in Khingansk, Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
