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.

Edith Schwarz Discusses Growing Up With Kadia Molodowsky's Children's Poetry

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Edith Schwarz, niece of Yiddish poet Kadia Molodowsky, discusses Kadia's poems for children and their depth, and talks about a poem Kadia wrote for her.

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.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Kadia Molodowsky's View on Yiddishkayt, Religion and Her Disappointment With Israel

2 min 58 sec

Kadia Molodowsky, My Aunt: a Deeply Religious, but Not Observant, Woman

2 min 1 sec

Kadia Molodowsky's Debate with Edith about Religion and Yiddishkayt

2 min 14 sec

Kadia Molodowsky's Hometown

2 min 24 sec

Kadia Molodowsky as Feminist and Rebel

1 min 10 sec

Kadia Molodowsky and Her Sisters

1 min 2 sec

Kadia Molodowsky's Apathy for Fashion and Penchant for Papirosn (Cigarettes)

1 min 15 sec

Edith Schwarz on Visiting Kadia Molodowsky's Book-filled Apartment in New York

1 min 40 sec

Edith Schwarz's Chance Meeting with Albert Einstein

1 min 18 sec

Edith Schwarz Talks About Kadia Molodowsky's Literary Themes of Injustice and the Holocaust

1 min 49 sec

The Relevance of Kadia Molodowsky's Poetry Today

1 min 10 sec

Edith Schwarz on the Priceless Necklace Kadia Molodowsky Passed Down

1 min 46 sec

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