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.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.