Jaya Elena Torenberg

Item Information

Title:
Jaya Elena Torenberg
Description:
Jaya (Elena) Torenberg - the former director of the Colegio Israelita de Mexico, the first Jewish school in Mexico City - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on October 29, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. To learn more about the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Jaya Elena Torenberg Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Mexico City, Mexico, October 29, 2015. Video recording, [https://archive.org/details/JayaElenaTorenberg29Oct2015YiddishBookCenter] ([date accessed])
Creator:
Yiddish Book Center (Liz)
Date:
October 29, 2015
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
Yiddish Book Center
Collection (local):
Oral Histories
Subjects:
Family history
Stories about ancestors
Childhood
Jewish Identity
Yiddish language
Yiddish teaching
Yiddish scene
Yiddish speaker
Theater
Career and Professional Life
Education
Jewish education
Secular
Secularism
Non-religious
Pesakh
Peysekh
Passover
Latin America
Politics and political movements
Food
Culinary traditions
Urban
Centro Historico
Mexico City
Mexico
Abraham Golomb
ORT
Colegio Israelita Di Yidishe
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
Bund
Assimilation
Heritage
Jesus del monte
Jesus maria
El centro
Commerce
Class
Wealh
Pedagogy
Idish
San Lorenzo
Meyer Berger
La Idishe
Comida
Stalin Purges
Link to Item:
https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0000741
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Language:
Yiddish