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.

"Reminding People to be Good": The Importance of the Jewish Religion and Traditions

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Jonathan Rochlin, financial advisor, shares his hopes for the transmission of Jewish tradition into the future. He believes Jews to be integral to the goodness of people overall, and values the continuation of Jewish values over the minor details of Jewish practice.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Jonathan Rochlin.

This excerpt is in English.

Jonathan Rochlin was born in Bronx, New York in 1965.

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