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.
Favorite Yiddish word: turtle
Watch now:
Ari Greenberg, Yiddish-language student, describes his special relationship to the Yiddish word for turtle.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ari Greenberg.
This excerpt is in English.
Ari Greenberg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1983.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
