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.

Keeping up with Yiddish through Forverts

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Charles Corfield talks about how he keeps up with his Yiddish through reading Forverts on Shabbes afternoons.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Charles Corfield.

This excerpt is in English.

Charles Corfield was born in Wales, United Kingdom in 1959.