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.

Who uses Yiddish? Authenticity and community

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Natalie Bornstein, during her first Yiddish language class at the Yiddish Book Center, wonders at the variety of communities that speak Yiddish: Hasidim, older generations, and academics.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Natalie Bornstein.

This excerpt is in English.

Natalie Bornstein was born in Waterville, Maine in 1992.