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.
"I Love Yiddish": Professor Michael Steinlauf Reflects
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Michael Steinlauf expresses his love for the Yiddish language and explains that it allows a singular access to a past world.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Michael Steinlauf.
This excerpt is in English.
Michael Steinlauf was born in Paris, France in 1947.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.