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.

Leibele Jinich's Oral History

Leibele Jinich, Cantor Emeritus of Bet-El Community in Mexico City, originally from Monigotes, Argentina, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on October 27, 2015 at Beth El in Mexico City, Mexico.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Leibele Jinich was born in Monigotes, Argentina in 1933.

Jump to map

Video highlights from this oral history

A Precious City: An Argentine Cantor on Coming to Mexico

1 min 3 sec

Leibele Jinich sings a Yiddish song from Moisesville, A Jewish Agricultural Colony in Rural Argentina

58 sec

"My Mame's Shabes Candles": Cantor Leibele Jinich Sings and Reflects on his Life

2 min 52 sec

Cantor Leibele Jinich Sings an Ashkenazi Version of "Sim Shalom" Brought from Argentina to Mexico

1 min 27 sec

"Shabes Zol Zayn (Let It Be Shabes)," A Song Remembered from Childhood

1 min 18 sec

Shabbos in Monigotes, A Jewish Agricultural Colony in Rural Argentina

1 min 19 sec

We Snuck Out of Yeshiva to Perform in Uruguay: Memories of Jewish Theater in Buenos Aires

2 min 5 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Leibele Jinich DVD - "El Mundo Maravilloso Del Shtetl"

More information about this oral history

Themes:

Listen later:

Download as an mp3 audio file for free

For other download options:

View the full Internet Archive record