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.

Linen and No Harsh Words: Folklore and the Birth of Yiddish Writer Aaron B. Rappaport

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Yvette Marrin, daughter of Yiddish writers Malka Lee and Aaron Rappoport, tells the story of her father's birth and the folk ritual meant to keep him safe.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Yvette (Chave) Marrin.

This excerpt is in English.

Yvette (Chave) Marrin was born in Bronx, NY in 1937.

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