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.

Hyman Batalion's Oral History

Hyman Batalion, Yiddish speaker and Montreal native, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 16, 2016, at the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Lots of Smelly Meat: A Vegetarian Remembers What His Mother Cooked When He Was a Kid

2 min 27 sec

The Plateau: Memories of a Jewish Neighborhood in Montreal

2 min 22 sec

Jewish Comedy When I Was Growing Up

4 min 28 sec

How to Define Jewish Comedy?

3 min 12 sec

A Jewish Joke about Exceptionally Old Men and an Insurance Agent

1 min 29 sec

My Parents Got Married Twice

1 min 49 sec

Restriction, Not Fun: Memories of Jewish Holidays As a Kid

1 min 39 sec

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