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.

What is Yiddish Culture?

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Michael Winograd attempts to describe what Yiddish culture is, and ponders what he would be doing if he was not a part of it.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Michael Winograd.

This excerpt is in English.

Michael Winograd was born in Long Island, New York.