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 Write Poems": Dan Dropkin Recites a Gentler Poem

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Dan Dropkin, grandson of Yiddish poet Celia Dropkin, talks about the deep emotional impact his grandmother's poems can have. He recites part of one of his favorite poems.

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

2 min 3 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

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