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.

Saul Hankin's Oral History

Saul Hankin, 2013-2014 Yiddish Book Center fellow, was interviewed by Rola Younes on October 8, 2013 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Saul Hankin was born in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1991.

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Video highlights from this oral history

University of Michigan, One of the Best Places for Studying Yiddish

2 min 10 sec

From Tevye and Tumbalalaika to Bundist Newspapers: Changing Perceptions of Yiddish

1 min 32 sec

Nu? (So?): : A Yiddish Student Shares Favorite Yiddish Word

1 min 10 sec

"Vos darf men mer? (What More Do You Need?)": A Yiddish Student Shares His Favorite Yiddish Expressions

1 min 39 sec

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