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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.

Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh's Oral History

Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh, founder of the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on December 18th, 2019 in San Diego, California.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Jana Mazurkiewicz Meisarosh was born in Kielce, Poland in 1986.

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Academia,
Career and Professional Life,
Eastern Europe,
Feminism,
Immigration and migration,
Jewish education,
Post-vernacular uses of Yiddish,
Theater,
Travel,
Yiddish actors,
Yiddish language,
Yiddish learning,
Yiddish teaching,
Youth group,
Hanan Bordin,
Yiddish Academics and Artists of North America (YAANA),
1980s,
1990s,
2000s,
parenting,
motherhood,
Yiddish theatre,
translation,
theater production,
performance,
performing arts

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