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.

"I Was Always Aware That She Was Full of Love for Me"

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Dan Dropkin, grandson of Yiddish poet Celia Dropkin, recalls the love that his grandmother showed her as a child, including sending him many postcards.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Dan Dropkin.

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

"She Never Entered Those Discussions": Celia Dropkin's Apoliticism

1 min 42 sec

"There's a Mystical Attachment": Celia Dropkin as a Grandmother

1 min 50 sec

"I Am Astonished and Ashamed": Rita Dove Encounters Celia Dropkin's Poetry

2 min 23 sec

Reading Celia Dropkin's Poems in Yiddish

1 min 24 sec

"I Write Poems": Dan Dropkin Recites a Gentler Poem

1 min 6 sec

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