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.

Adjusting to Life in America

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Lili Bermant z"l remembers moving to the United States as a teenager and answering the question that many asked, "How do you like America?" She describes her younger self as quite rebellious, preferring to marry an American man against her parents wishes of her marrying a European.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Lili Bermant.

This excerpt is in English.

Lili Bermant was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1927. Lili died in 2011.

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Living, Working and Traveling in and Around Europe

2 min 33 sec

Religious Jews and Extremist Politics in Israel

1 min 22 sec

My Feminism Over the Years

6 min 7 sec

Niece's Story of Making Aliyah and Divorcing Religious Extremist

8 min 23 sec

Dating Non-Jews and Marrying an American

3 min 39 sec

My Sister's Burial (Burying Her Sister in Israel)

4 min 24 sec

A Mother's Advice

1 min 42 sec

Life Advice

2 min 11 sec

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