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.
"Everything I Did In My Life Was Because I Was Jewish."
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Philip Reinish, a former union organizer and member of the American Left, speaks about his traditional Hebrew school education. He recites part of Shacharis and his Haftarah portion, and talks about the profound impact his Jewish identity has played throughout his life.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Philip Reinish.
This excerpt is in English.
Philip Reinish was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1927.
