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.

Yiddish is Central to American Jewish Culture

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Tony Michels, professor of American Jewish history, describes the role of Yiddish in Jewish studies and shares his hopes for its role in American Jewish culture.

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

This excerpt is in English.