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.

Simo Muir's Oral History

Simo Muir, Finnish Yiddish studies scholar, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on December 18th, 2018 in Boston, MA.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Simo Muir was born in Kouvola, Finland in 1971.

Video highlights from this oral history