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.

Making a Living in Yiddish: Parenting Advice from My Parents

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Itzik Gottesman - folklorist and associate editor at the Forverts - reflects on how his parents supported his career choices and how he is fortunate to be able to craft a career in Yiddish.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Itzik Gottesman.

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

Itzik Gottesman was born in Bronx, New York in 1957.