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.
I Remember My Father Shouting About Politics in the Brooklyn Delis
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Eli Kwartler, Jewish Community of Amherst co-president, recalls his father reading Yiddish newspapers and discussing politics in Brooklyn delis.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Eli Kwartler.
This excerpt is in English.
Eli Kwartler was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1929.
