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.
Hopes and Challenges: Perspective from the Chairwoman of the Jewish Community of Lithuania
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Fania Kukliansky, chairwoman of the Jewish Community of Lithuania, shares her perspective on the status of the Lithuanian Jewish community, describing her pursuits and plans to promote Lithuanian Jewish and specifically Yiddish language and culture while grappling with challenges such as the community’s small size and lack of financial resources.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Faina Kukliansky.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Faina Kukliansky was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1954.
