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.
Lila Holzman's Oral History
Lila Holzman, journalist born in Lithuania, was interviewed by Agnieszka Ilwicka on June 26, 2015 in Ramat HaSharon, Israel.
This interview was conducted in English and Polish.
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Themes:
- Favorite Yiddish word
- Yiddish words
- Family histories
- Childhood
- Jewish Identity
- Yiddish language
- Yiddish learning
- Yiddish revival and activism
- Yiddish speaker
- Immigration and migration
- Languages
- Hebrew
- Theater
- Music
- Klezmer
- Singing
- Film
- Press
- Radio
- Literature
- Books
- Newspapers
- Poetry
- Career and Professional Life
- Holocaust
- World War II
- Education
- Jewish education
- Family traditions
- Jewish holidays
- Shabbos
- Israel
- Zionism
- Eastern Europe
- Western Europe
- Soviet Union
- Politics and political movements
- Yiddish personalities
- Shtetl
- Assimilation
- Travel
- Relationships
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Since 2010, the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project has recorded more than 500 in-depth video interviews that provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience and the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture.
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