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.

Experiencing Life From a Uniquely Jewish Perspective

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Sebastian Schulman, Translation Project Coordinator at the Yiddish Book Center, recalls his initial ventures into Yiddish culture and how learning a Jewish language inspired him to take on more aspects of Jewish cultural and religious identity.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Sebastian Schulman.

This excerpt is in English.

Sebastian Schulman was born in Los Angeles, California in 1984.