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.

Eve Jochnowitz's Oral History

Eve Jochnowitz, scholar of Ashkenazi foodways, was interviewed by Mikhl (Michael) Yashinsky on July 8, 2016 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Eve Jochnowitz was born in United States in 1963.

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Video highlights from this oral history

What I've Learned from Jewish Balebostas

2 min 34 sec

Learning About Food from Kavkazi Jews in Georgia

2 min 32 sec

“Julia Child, Garlic, and Oregano”: Eve Jochnowitz’s Culinary “Mame-Loshn” (Mother Tongue)

3 min 12 sec

How I Helped Launch Yiddish Farm

1 min 30 sec

Favorite Jewish Restaurants in New York City

3 min 32 sec

The Wizard of Oz: My Advice for Prospective Yiddish Students

1 min 29 sec

The Story of My Grandfather's Goat

2 min 6 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Eve Jochnowitz Book - Mordkhe Kosover's "Yidishe Maykholim"

Note to Eve from Mordkhe Kosover's Relative in Front Cover of "Yidishe Maykholim"

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