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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.

Deena Metzger's Oral History

Deena Metzger, daughter of Yiddish writer Arnold Posy, was interviewed (remotely) by Nina Pick on August 18th, 2020 in Topanga, California.

This interview was conducted in English.

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Themes:

Career and Professional Life,
Cultural transmission,
Descendants of Yiddish luminaries,
Eastern Europe,
Family histories,
Food,
Immigration and migration,
Jewish Identity,
Languages,
Literature,
Poetry,
Politics and political movements,
Shabbos,
Yiddish actors,
Yiddish authors,
Yiddish language,
Yiddish luminaries,
Yiddish scene,
Zionism,
Tshigrinovke,
H. Leivick,
Marc Kaminsky,
Academy for Jewish Religion,
1890s,
1900s,
1910s,
1940s,
Labor Zionism,
Jewish Mysticism,
What Dinah Thought

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