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.
Babushka's Cooking: A Secret Affair
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Alexander Frenkel, executive director of the Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburg, describes some of the most memorable Jewish dishes his grandma would prepare.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Alexander Frenkel.
This excerpt is in Russian.
Alexander Frenkel was born in Leningrad, Russia in 1961.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
