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.
Yiddish, Not a Revival but a Transformation
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David Slucki, professor of Jewish Studies at Austraila's Monash University, discusses his view of the future of Yiddish and the possibility of a revival. He describes his conception of a modern transformation of the language and the new roles it may take on.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with David Slucki.
This excerpt is in English.
David Slucki was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1984.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
