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 in Israel: Historical Memory vs. Experienced Reality

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When asked about the historical suppression of the Yiddish language in Israel and Tel Aviv in the 1950's Edna Nahshon, expert of Jewish theatre and step daughter of Yiddish writer Dovid Aidelman, speaks about the reality she experienced versus the historical memory of the era

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Edna Nahshon.

This excerpt is in English.

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This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

On My Step-Father, Yiddish writer Dovid Aidelman

2 min 41 sec

The Tension Between My Yiddish-Speaking Stepfather, Dovid Aidelman, and My German-Speaking Mother

2 min 59 sec

Some Memories from Tel-Aviv in the 1950s

2 min 17 sec

What is the Future of Yiddish Theater?

2 min 20 sec

The Importance of Theater and Music to Jewish Life in New York in the Early 20th Century

2 min 31 sec

Immigration and Family History

1 min 17 sec

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