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.
Kadia Molodowsky's Apathy for Fashion and Penchant for Papirosn (Cigarettes)
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Edith Schwarz, niece of Yiddish poet Kadia Molodowsky, talks about Kadia's complete lack of interest in fashion, and what clothing she would wear.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Edith Schwarz.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.
