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 Bought A Surfboard With My Bar Mitzvah Money

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Tony Michels, professor of American Jewish history, explains how he became interested in surfing as a teenager - and how it related to his Jewish identity.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Tony Michels.

This excerpt is in English.