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.
The State of Yiddish in Israel: Yechiel Szeintuch's Experiences with Yiddish in His Early Days in Israel
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Professor Yechiel Szeintuch discusses the commonality of speaking and hearing Yiddish in his early days as a professor in Israel.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Yechiel Szeintuch.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Yechiel Szeintuch was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.