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.
Jessica Hirshbein's Oral History
Jessica Hirshbein, daughter-in-law of Yiddish writers Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein and Peretz Hirschbein, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on November 11th, 2021 in New York, NY.
This interview was conducted in English and Yiddish.
